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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Kinablangan in Philippines


Earthquake location 7.7697S, 126.6046WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000pmj4. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pmj4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/03/25 / 2025-03-16 08:07:24 / March 16, 2025 @ 8:07 am. The temblor was picked up at 08:07:24 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.6046° East, 7.7697° North, depth 10 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tagbina, New Corella, Bunawan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from New Corella (c. 20 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km NE of Kinablangan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6046° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.7697° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NE of Kinablangan, Philippines Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-16 08:07:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-27 07:14:49 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.232 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us7000pmj4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pmj4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pmj4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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