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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Davan in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.9065S, 126.1236WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Davan in Philippines. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/25 / 2025-01-30 19:48:43 / January 30, 2025 @ 7:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.1236 East, latitude 6.9065 North, depth = 70.563 km. Event id: us7000pa5e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pa5e. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70.563 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:48:43 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sulop, Sampao, Hagonoy. Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 3 km WSW of Davan, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.1236° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.9065° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.563 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km WSW of Davan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-30 19:48:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-30 20:17:05 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 312 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.564 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 us7000pa5e Id of event.
Event Code 7000pa5e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pa5e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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