Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Tapilon in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Tapilon in Philippines. Unique identifier: us6000riq8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000riq8. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 123.9706° East, 11.3125° North. The temblor was detected at 23:01:08 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/25 / 2025-09-30 23:01:08 / September 30, 2025 @ 11:01 pm.

Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cadiz (c. 129 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sagay (c. 72 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Danao (c. 70 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Escalante (c. 39 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Paraiso (c. 30 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Bogo (c. 23 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guinticgan, Alangalang, Minapasoc (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 7 km WNW of Tapilon, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.9706° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.3125° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km WNW of Tapilon, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-30 23:01:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-22 22:03:44	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	312	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	41	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.505	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	81	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	us6000riq8	Id of event.
Event Code	6000riq8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000riq8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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