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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 52 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines


Earthquake location 6.6688S, 126.7553WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Bobon in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 126.7553° East, latitude 6.6688° North, depth = 107.227 km. Event id: us7000pc3i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pc3i. The temblor was reported at 00:51:47 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.227 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 00:51:47 / January 31, 2025 @ 12:51 am.

Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lupon, Batobato, Sigaboy.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 52 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.7553° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.6688° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.227 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-31 00:51:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-21 04:14:21 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.234 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us7000pc3i Id of event.
Event Code 7000pc3i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pc3i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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