A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Santiago in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 10:16:52 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rhrn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhrn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 127.2002° East, latitude 7.1167° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 10:16:52 / October 17, 2025 @ 10:16 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kinablangan, Baganga, San Ignacio (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 71 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines.

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