Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Pondaguitan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:32:16 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 05:32:16 / September 20, 2025 @ 5:32 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.5214° East, 6.3868° North. Event id: us6000rgw4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgw4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby 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 Manay, San Ignacio, Lupon. Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (44 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 38 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.5214° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.3868° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-20 05:32:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-18 05:48:05	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	284	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	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.156	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	105	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	us6000rgw4	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rgw4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rgw4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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