Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Bantay in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Bantay in Philippines on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzkz. Unique identifier: us6000pzkz. Exact location of earthquake, 120.9557° East, 17.5434° North, depth 137.116 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 137.116 km (85 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 00:18:47 / March 9, 2025 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:18:47 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Tuguegarao City (c. 115 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Solana (c. 71 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tagudin (c. 35 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Manuel, Buguias, Bangar (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km ENE of Bantay, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.9557° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.5434° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	137.116 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km ENE of Bantay, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-09 00:18:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-27 03:53:34	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	284	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.248	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.83 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	us6000pzkz	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pzkz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pzkz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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