A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Baculin in Philippines on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.23 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.198 East, latitude 7.4678 North, depth = 9.23 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rn0e. Id of event: us6000rn0e. The temblor was picked up at 21:02:19 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/25 / 2025-10-23 21:02:19 / October 23, 2025 @ 9:02 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cateel, San Ignacio, Taytayan. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km E of Baculin, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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