Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Del Carmen in Surigao del Norte in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Del Carmen in Surigao del Norte in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 104.794 km (65 miles). Exact location, longitude 125.9034° East, latitude 9.8839° North, depth = 104.794 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pc5n. Event ids that are associated: us7000pc5n. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:01:17 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/25 / 2025-02-01 11:01:17 / February 1, 2025 @ 11:01 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tubay, Loreto, Cantilan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tubay (c. 7 900 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km WNW of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.9034° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.8839° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	104.794 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km WNW of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-01 11:01:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-13 09:22:44	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.814	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	132	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	us7000pc5n	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pc5n	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pc5n,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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