Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Santiago in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Santiago in Philippines on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.829 km (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:08:17 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/10/25 / 2025-10-13 17:08:17 / October 13, 2025 @ 5:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10.829 km, 127.01° East, 7.2329° North. Unique identifier: us6000rlef. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rlef.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mati, Cateel, Taytayan.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 48 km E of Santiago, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	127.01° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.2329° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.829 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	48 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	2025-10-13 17:08:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-10 16:19:40	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	271	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.429	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	63	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	us6000rlef	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rlef	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rlef,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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