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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Pagudpud in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Pagudpud in Philippines on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.609 km (19 miles). Event id: us6000rvyk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rvyk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:33:32 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 120.8048° East, 18.9389° North, depth 30.609 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/25 / 2025-12-19 05:33:32 / December 19, 2025 @ 5:33 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bacarra (c. 9 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Dingras (c. 6 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dingras, Cabaritan East, Sarrat (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.8048° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.9389° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	30.609 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41 km N of Pagudpud, 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 05:33:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-20 05:58:19	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.868	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	115	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	us6000rvyk	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rvyk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rvyk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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