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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Hinatuan in Philippines


Earthquake location 8.6093S, 126.8951WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Hinatuan in Philippines. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:51:27 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.669 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.8951 East, latitude 8.6093 North, depth = 71.669 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/25 / 2025-12-19 16:51:27 / December 19, 2025 @ 4:51 pm. Event id: us6000rw1t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rw1t.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Barobo (c. 9 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tandag, Lianga, Tago.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.8951° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.6093° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.669 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-19 16:51:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-19 17:21:46 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 298 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.01 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 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 us6000rw1t Id of event.
Event Code 6000rw1t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rw1t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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