A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Sarangani in Philippines on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 06:21:38 / 6:21 am (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: 03/11/25 / 2025-11-03 06:21:38 / November 3, 2025 @ 6:21 am. Unique identifier: us6000rpn2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rpn2. Exact location of event, longitude 125.1958 East, latitude 5.0679 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sapu Padidu (c. 9 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Maasin (c. 5 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Malapatan, Sapu Padidu, Maasin (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 47 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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