A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Union in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, 126.1921° East, 9.8057° North, depth 37.473 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:39:16 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 23:39:16 / October 16, 2025 @ 11:39 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rlx6. Id of event: us6000rlx6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.473 km (23 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loreto, Tago, Tandag (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 seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 10 km ENE of Union, Philippines.

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