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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Baculin in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.4678S, 127.198WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.198° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.4678° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km E of Baculin, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-23 21:02:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-16 03:39:24 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.654 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us6000rn0e Id of event.
Event Code 6000rn0e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rn0e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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