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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 12 km ESE of Santa Monica, Philippines


Earthquake location 9.9768S, 126.1395WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.425 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pidf. Unique identifier: us6000pidf. Exact location, longitude 126.1395° East, latitude 9.9768° North, depth = 60.425 km. The temblor was reported at 09:19:06 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 09:19:06 / January 7, 2025 @ 9:19 am.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kitcharao (c. 7 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kitcharao, Alegria, Mainit.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km ESE of Santa Monica, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1395° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.9768° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.425 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km ESE of Santa Monica, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-07 09:19:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-07 10:54:18 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 326 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.941 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us6000pidf Id of event.
Event Code 6000pidf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pidf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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