Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Santiago in Philippines

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Santiago in Philippines. Event id: us6000rks0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rks0. Exact location of event, longitude 126.7015 East, latitude 7.2409 North, depth = 74.077 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:43:19 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 14:43:19 / October 12, 2025 @ 2:43 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.077 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monkayo, Sigaboy, Tibanbang (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Nabunturan (c. 16 700 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.7015° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.2409° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	74.077 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 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	2025-10-12 14:43:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-02 17:06:08	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	326	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.127	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	115	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	us6000rks0	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rks0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rks0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

126.7015° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

7.2409° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

74.077 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

15 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

2025-10-12 14:43:19

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-11-02 17:06:08

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

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

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

1.127

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.95 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

115

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000rks0

Id of event.

Event Code

6000rks0

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000rks0,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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