Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Hernani in Philippines

Posted by admin on February 22, 2025 0 Comments

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Hernani in Philippines on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 125.7327° East, latitude 11.473° North, depth = 26.764 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.764 km (17 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:30:59 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pfh9. Id of event: us7000pfh9. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/02/25 / 2025-02-22 18:30:59 / February 22, 2025 @ 6:30 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Dulag (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Catbalogan, Babatngon, Dulag. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

Did you feel the quake?

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: 20 km NE of Hernani, Philippines.

More information

Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.7327° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.473° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	26.764 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km NE of Hernani, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-22 18:30:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-22 19:03:20	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	326	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	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.378	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	112	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	us7000pfh9	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pfh9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pfh9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Hernani in Philippines

Did you feel the quake?

More information

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information