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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Santiago in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.3345S, 126.9573WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Santiago in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 18:22:23 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rkn1. Event ids that are associated: us6000rkn1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 80.329 km (50 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 18:22:23 / October 10, 2025 @ 6:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.9573 East, latitude 7.3345 North, depth = 80.329 km.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mati, Cateel, Taytayan.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-nine, in the last 10 days eighty-nine, in the past 30 days ninety-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km E of Santiago, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9573° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.3345° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.329 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42 km E 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 2025-10-10 18:22:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-05 21:45:23 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.392 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us6000rkn1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rkn1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rkn1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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