A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Socorro in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/25 / 2025-04-02 01:52:27 / April 2, 2025 @ 1:52 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:52:27 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000q5f8. Event ids that are associated: us6000q5f8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.506 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 86.506 km, 125.9451° East, 9.6865° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Butuan, Taligaman, Magallanes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop).
Each 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 7 km NNW of Socorro, Philippines.
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