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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Baculin in Philippines

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Baculin in Philippines on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgz6. Unique identifier: us6000rgz6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.143 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 127.2027° East, latitude 7.3466° North, depth = 43.143 km. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:00:11 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/10/25 / 2025-10-14 02:00:11 / October 14, 2025 @ 2:00 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cateel, Taytayan, San Ignacio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km E of Baculin, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	127.2027° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.3466° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	43.143 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	69 km E 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 02:00:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-14 02:20:43	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	465	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	88	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.634	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	64	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rgz6	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rgz6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rgz6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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