A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Caraga in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.104 km (43 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.698 East, latitude 7.3283 North, depth = 69.104 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:53:00 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/10/25 / 2025-10-24 07:53:00 / October 24, 2025 @ 7:53 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rn97. Unique identifier: us6000rn97. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Nabunturan (c. 16 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cuambog, Pandasan, Maco.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km E of Caraga, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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