A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Basco in Philippines on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 23:54:14 / October 8, 2025 @ 11:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:54:14 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rk9b. Id of event: us6000rk9b. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.101 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 121.273° East, latitude 19.8745° North, depth = 25.101 km.
Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 96 km SW of Basco, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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