Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Davila in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Davila in Philippines on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.895 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 20:00:28 / October 17, 2025 @ 8:00 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:00:28 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 120.4015° East, 18.5876° North, depth 17.895 km. Unique identifier: us6000rhyf. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhyf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Bacarra (c. 9 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cabugao (c. 6 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabugao, Claveria, Dingras (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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 Davila, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.4015° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.5876° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.895 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22 km NW of Davila, 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 20:00:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-21 14:29:40	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	298	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	40	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.256	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 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	us6000rhyf	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rhyf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rhyf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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