A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.233 km (45 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pz3n. Unique identifier: us6000pz3n. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/03/25 / 2025-03-16 01:10:29 / March 16, 2025 @ 1:10 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 125.8133° East, 10.164° North, depth 72.233 km. The temblor was reported at 01:10:29 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guiuan, Sogod, Cantilan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Sogod (c. 8 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km WNW of Santa Monica, Philippines.
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