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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 59 km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines


Earthquake location 5.7302S, 123.9397WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Palimbang in Philippines. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:09:49 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/25 / 2025-10-29 00:09:49 / October 29, 2025 @ 12:09 am. Exact location of earthquake, 123.9397° East, 5.7302° North, depth 531.945 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 531.945 km (331 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rk33. Event ids that are associated: us6000rk33.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalamansig, Bantogon, Kiamba (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bantogon (c. 5 400 pop).

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

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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: 59 km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.9397° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.7302° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 531.945 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-29 00:09:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-29 00:25:15 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.825 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us6000rk33 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rk33 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rk33, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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