Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Suyan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Suyan in Philippines on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pm57. Id of event: us6000pm57. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 20:42:33 / January 16, 2025 @ 8:42 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 73.498 km (46 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:42:33 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.3379 East, latitude 6.057 North, depth = 73.498 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tantangan, Lopez Jaena, Tuban (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bañga (c. 58 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 5 km W of Suyan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.3379° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.057° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	73.498 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km W of Suyan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-16 20:42:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-26 15:59:01	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	246	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	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.034	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	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	us6000pm57	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pm57	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pm57,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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