A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Hernani in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 9.898 km, 125.759° East, 11.4516° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.898 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000pf9x. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pf9x. Global time and date of event 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 08:55:30 / February 15, 2025 @ 8:55 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:55:30 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palo, Tanauan, Panalanoy (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty 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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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. 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.
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