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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Palimbang in Philippines

Posted by admin on October 31, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 5.0984S, 123.5765WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 140 km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines (87 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 569.866 km (354 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 06:39:03 / October 8, 2025 @ 6:39 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:39:03 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.5765 East, latitude 5.0984 North, depth = 569.866 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rfk0. Unique identifier: us6000rfk0.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 140 km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.5765° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.0984° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 569.866 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 140 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 2025-10-08 06:39:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-31 12:12:55 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 284 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.93 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us6000rfk0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rfk0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rfk0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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