A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hernani in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 14:18:15 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 125.7426° East, 11.3456° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/02/25 / 2025-02-14 14:18:15 / February 14, 2025 @ 2:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pf97. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pf97.
Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Dulag (c. 10 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oras, Dulag, Palo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 13 km E of Hernani, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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