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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Sarangani in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/25 / 2025-10-15 23:32:48 / October 15, 2025 @ 11:32 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.736 km (29 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rhe7. Event ids that are associated: us6000rhe7. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:32:48 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 125.3035° East, 5.1075° North, depth 46.736 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan, Malapatan, Sapu Padidu. The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 37 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.3035° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.1075° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	46.736 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37 km SSW of Sarangani, 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 23:32:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-15 23:46:19	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	51	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.411	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	101	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	us6000rhe7	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rhe7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rhe7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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