Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Sarangani in Philippines

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 185 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines (115 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 96.402 km, 126.4332° East, 4.0381° North. The temblor was detected at 18:44:01 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/02/25 / 2025-02-21 18:44:01 / February 21, 2025 @ 6:44 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw42. Unique identifier: us6000pw42. The epicenter was at a depth of 96.402 km (60 miles).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 185 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.4332° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	4.0381° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	96.402 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	185 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-21 18:44:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-06 20:12:24	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	259	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	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.175	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	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	us6000pw42	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pw42	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pw42,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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