A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Bau in Philippines on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 124.6473° East, 7.4798° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 22:19:02 / February 15, 2025 @ 10:19 pm 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 22:19:02 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pfak. Id of event: us7000pfak. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Iligan City (c. 312 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mantampay (c. 265 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Marawi City (c. 143 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Laguilayan, Columbio, Sirib (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 8 km N of Bau, Philippines.

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