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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Masinloc in Philippines

Posted by admin on October 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.5347S, 120.0164WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Masinloc in Philippines. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.907 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 120.0164° East, latitude 15.5347° North, depth = 57.907 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/25 / 2025-10-15 18:09:22 / October 15, 2025 @ 6:09 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000rhcv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhcv. The temblor was picked up at 18:09:22 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candaba, Santa Rosa, Jaen (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Angeles City (c. 299 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santol (c. 299 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Fernando (c. 251 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Olongapo (c. 221 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mabalacat City (c. 188 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Tarlac City (c. 183 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bulaon (c. 131 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten 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.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km E of Masinloc, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.0164° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.5347° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.907 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km E of Masinloc, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-15 18:09:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-15 19:06:38 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 340 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.314 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us6000rhcv Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhcv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhcv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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