A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Aras-asan in Philippines on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 08:03:23 / March 8, 2025 @ 8:03 am. Exact location, longitude 126.3293° East, latitude 8.8852° North, depth = 72.46 km. The temblor was reported at 08:03:23 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxlt. Unique identifier: us6000pxlt. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72.46 km (45 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lingig, Tubay, Loreto.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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