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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Pagsanahan Norte in Philippines


Earthquake location 18.0457S, 119.7635WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Pagsanahan Norte in Philippines on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/10/25 / 2025-10-20 02:43:20 / October 20, 2025 @ 2:43 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.7635 East, latitude 18.0457 North, depth = 11.048 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.048 km (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:43:20 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ri8q. Id of event: us6000ri8q.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bacarra (c. 9 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cabugao (c. 6 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dingras, Pasuquin, Vintar (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 73 km W of Pagsanahan Norte, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 119.7635° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0457° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.048 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km W of Pagsanahan Norte, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-20 02:43:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-20 03:00:27 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 369 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.905 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 114 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 us6000ri8q Id of event.
Event Code 6000ri8q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ri8q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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