A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Del Carmen in Surigao del Norte in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.452 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000q402. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q402. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/03/25 / 2025-03-27 23:54:05 / March 27, 2025 @ 11:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 125.8377° East, latitude 9.8809° North, depth = 98.452 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:54:05 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabadbaran, Tubay, Cantilan (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 14 km W of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
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