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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Maitum in Philippines


Earthquake location 5.6924S, 124.2808WA 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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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. 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: 45 km SSW of Maitum, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.2808° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.6924° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km SSW of Maitum, 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 11:54:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-08 13:41:19 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.527 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us6000rks4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rks4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rks4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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