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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Santiago in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.9405S, 127.3427WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Santiago in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 127.3427° East, latitude 6.9405° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000ri9x. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ri9x. The temblor was picked up at 11:35:51 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/10/25 / 2025-10-20 11:35:51 / October 20, 2025 @ 11:35 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baganga, San Ignacio, Manay. The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3427° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.9405° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 km ESE of Santiago, 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 11:35:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-20 11:54:35 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 518 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 90 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.755 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ri9x Id of event.
Event Code 6000ri9x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ri9x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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