Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Siocon in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Siocon in Philippines on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:11:17 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rhaq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhaq. Exact location, longitude 122.019° East, latitude 7.7691° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/25 / 2025-09-22 02:11:17 / September 22, 2025 @ 2:11 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zamboanga, Talusan, Salug (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Zamboanga (c. 457 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Recodo (c. 42 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ipil (c. 19 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sangali (c. 14 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Labuan (c. 12 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Titay (c. 11 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Katipunan (c. 10 600 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km WNW of Siocon, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	122.019° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.7691° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km WNW of Siocon, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-22 02:11:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-17 04:05:03	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	326	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	47	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.598	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	73	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	us6000rhaq	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rhaq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rhaq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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