Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Balangkayan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Balangkayan in Philippines on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us6000pvn0. Event ids that are associated: us6000pvn0. The temblor was reported at 14:26:55 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.5733 East, latitude 11.4767 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/02/25 / 2025-02-18 14:26:55 / February 18, 2025 @ 2:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Burauen, Barugo, Jaro. The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Burauen (c. 14 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km E of Balangkayan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	125.5733° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.4767° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km E of Balangkayan, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-18 14:26:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-05 19:31:07	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	34	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.379	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	118	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	us6000pvn0	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pvn0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pvn0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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