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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Lukatan in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Lukatan in Philippines. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ri05. Unique identifier: us6000ri05. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.8501 East, latitude 6.6862 North, depth = 78.212 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.212 km (49 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:26:36 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/10/25 / 2025-10-18 05:26:36 / October 18, 2025 @ 5:26 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lupon, Sigaboy, Batobato (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.8501° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.6862° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	78.212 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-18 05:26:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-18 05:42:34	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	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.318	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.46 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us6000ri05	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ri05	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ri05,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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