A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Leyte in Philippines. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:07:24 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 09:07:24 / October 21, 2025 @ 9:07 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 124.4907° East, 11.3584° North. Event id: us6000rmsu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rmsu. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bogo (c. 23 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Bantayan (c. 19 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Baybay (c. 17 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cataingan, Catmon, Abuyog. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km SE of Leyte, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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