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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Hinatuan in Philippines

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Hinatuan in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.327 km (41 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rvwy. Event ids that are associated: us6000rvwy. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:02:39 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.7749° East, latitude 8.6166° North, depth = 65.327 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/25 / 2025-12-19 04:02:39 / December 19, 2025 @ 4:02 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kinablangan, Taytayan, Trento (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Bunawan (c. 15 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.7749° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.6166° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	65.327 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	55 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 04:02:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-19 04:20:38	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	400	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	46	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.941	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	98	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	us6000rvwy	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rvwy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rvwy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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