Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Lamitan in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Lamitan in Philippines on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/25 / 2025-11-07 02:27:45 / November 7, 2025 @ 2:27 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:27:45 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.0262 East, latitude 6.0141 North, depth = 150.76 km. Unique identifier: us7000rdy7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rdy7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150.76 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 16 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Buayan (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Malandag, Baliton, Sarangani (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km ESE of Lamitan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.0262° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.0141° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	150.76 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36 km ESE of Lamitan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-07 02:27:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-26 23:24:31	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.139	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.16 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	112	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	us7000rdy7	Id of event.
Event Code	7000rdy7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000rdy7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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