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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Sigaboy in Philippines


Earthquake location 6.5686S, 125.9065WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Sigaboy in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.9065° East, latitude 6.5686° North, depth = 76.637 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 08:51:04 / January 21, 2025 @ 8:51 am. Id of earthquake: us7000pa4d. Event ids that are associated: us7000pa4d. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 76.637 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:51:04 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Carmen, Lun Pequeño, Buayan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km WSW of Sigaboy, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.9065° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.5686° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76.637 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km WSW of Sigaboy, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-21 08:51:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-13 14:40:28 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 271 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.594 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 173 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 us7000pa4d Id of event.
Event Code 7000pa4d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pa4d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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