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Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag strikes near Union in Philippines

Posted by admin on October 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.7561S, 126.1093WA earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Union in Philippines. Event id: us6000rhns. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhns. Exact location of earthquake, 126.1093° East, 9.7561° North, depth 69.015 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.015 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:03:16 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 23:03:16 / October 16, 2025 @ 11:03 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tungao, Bayugan, Buenavista (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 109 km (68 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Buenavista (c. 18 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 0 km WSW of Union, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1093° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.7561° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.015 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0 km WSW of Union, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-16 23:03:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-16 23:24:27 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 572 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 104 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.72 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 22 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 us6000rhns Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhns An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhns, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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