A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Maitum in Philippines on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 11:54:32 / October 12, 2025 @ 11:54 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:54:32 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rks4. Unique identifier: us6000rks4. Exact location of event, longitude 124.2808 East, latitude 5.6924 North, depth = 35 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dahay, Surallah, Maasin. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Surallah (c. 31 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Dahay (c. 7 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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