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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Mambog in Philippines

Posted by admin on December 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.3871S, 120.0686WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Mambog in Philippines. Global time and date of event 27/12/25 / 2025-12-27 18:26:23 / December 27, 2025 @ 6:26 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000rl3l. Event ids that are associated: us7000rl3l. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.0686 East, latitude 15.3871 North, depth = 65.232 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.232 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:26:23 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Angeles City (c. 299 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Santol (c. 299 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Fernando (c. 251 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Olongapo (c. 221 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Cabanatuan City (c. 220 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Mabalacat City (c. 188 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tarlac City (c. 183 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pulilan, San Ildefonso, Sison (min 5000 pop).

Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 9 km NNE of Mambog, Philippines.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.0686° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3871° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.232 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km NNE of Mambog, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-27 18:26:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-27 18:46:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.3 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 340 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.453 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us7000rl3l Id of event.
Event Code 7000rl3l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rl3l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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