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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Union in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Union in Philippines on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 23:57:40 / October 16, 2025 @ 11:57 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 126.2206° East, 9.7339° North, depth 67.469 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.469 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:57:40 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rhpf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhpf.

Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Tubay (c. 7 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loreto, Tubay, Aras-asan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km ESE of Union, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.2206° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.7339° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	67.469 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km ESE 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 23:57:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-17 01:00:54	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	0	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	354	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	54	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.722	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.99 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	90	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	us6000rhpf	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rhpf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rhpf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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