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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Pagudpud in Philippines

Posted by admin on October 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.6819S, 120.6163WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Pagudpud in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 08:14:12 / October 17, 2025 @ 8:14 am. Exact location of event, longitude 120.6163 East, latitude 18.6819 North, depth = 27.279 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:14:12 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.279 km (17 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rhr9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhr9.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabugao, Ballesteros, Cabaritan East (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Bacarra (c. 9 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Cabugao (c. 6 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 twenty-three 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km NW of Pagudpud, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.6163° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.6819° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.279 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km NW of Pagudpud, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-17 08:14:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-17 08:30:42 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 400 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.138 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 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 us6000rhr9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhr9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhr9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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