A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Suso in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.4629 East, latitude 17.3789 North, depth = 48.378 km. Unique identifier: us6000pzl6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzl6. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 07:04:12 / March 9, 2025 @ 7:04 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:04:12 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.378 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Laoag, Paringao, San Nicolas. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Fernando (c. 83 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Tagudin (c. 35 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km N of Suso, Philippines.
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