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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 47 km ESE of Baculin, Philippines

Posted by admin on October 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 7.358S, 127.0007WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Baculin in Philippines on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.718 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 127.0007 East, latitude 7.358 North, depth = 35.718 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/10/25 / 2025-10-14 18:17:14 / October 14, 2025 @ 6:17 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rh55. Id of event: us6000rh55. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:17:14 / 6:17 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (61 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lingig, Mati, Cateel.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km ESE of Baculin, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0007° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.358° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.718 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km ESE of Baculin, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-14 18:17:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-14 19:20:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 369 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.439 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rh55 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rh55 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rh55, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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