Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Hinundayan in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Hinundayan in Philippines. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:09:43 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 125.1704° East, 10.383° North, depth 135.927 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pm4j. Unique identifier: us6000pm4j. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.927 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 03:09:43 / January 16, 2025 @ 3:09 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ormoc, Mabini, San Francisco. Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Maasin (c. 18 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Baybay (c. 17 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km WNW of Hinundayan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.1704° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.383° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	135.927 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km WNW of Hinundayan, 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 03:09:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-08 23:20:24	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	284	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.317	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	151	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	us6000pm4j	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pm4j	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pm4j,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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