Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Santiago in Philippines

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Earthquake location 7.1969S, 126.7558W A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Santiago in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 08:39:27 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rg21. Id of event: us6000rg21. Global time and date of event 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 08:39:27 / October 10, 2025 @ 8:39 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 81.589 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 126.7558° East, 7.1969° North, depth 81.589 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Cabinuangan (c. 10 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabinuangan, Tibanbang, Magnaga (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 22 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines.

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