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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Bacnotan in Philippines

Posted by admin on November 13, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.7356S, 120.1858WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Bacnotan in Philippines. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:57:16 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.793 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 120.1858 East, latitude 16.7356 North, depth = 74.793 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/25 / 2025-11-13 09:57:16 / November 13, 2025 @ 9:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rn3i. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rn3i.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lagawe, Bacag, Lepa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Baguio (c. 272 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Urdaneta (c. 101 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mangaldan (c. 88 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from San Fernando (c. 83 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Manaoag (c. 59 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Lingayen (c. 56 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 17 km W of Bacnotan, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.1858° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.7356° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.793 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km W of Bacnotan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-13 09:57:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-13 10:24:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 0 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 340 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.109 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us6000rn3i Id of event.
Event Code 6000rn3i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rn3i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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