Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Kinablangan in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 126.6757° East, latitude 7.6829° North, depth = 82.622 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82.622 km (51 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pp9j. Unique identifier: us7000pp9j. The temblor was detected at 08:51:39 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/03/25 / 2025-03-22 08:51:39 / March 22, 2025 @ 8:51 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bunawan, Veruela, Libertad (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.6757° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.6829° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	82.622 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km E 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	2025-03-22 08:51:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-09 06:08:28	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	1.247	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	145	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	us7000pp9j	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pp9j	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pp9j,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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