A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/10/25 / 2025-10-24 16:05:39 / October 24, 2025 @ 4:05 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rj79. Unique identifier: us6000rj79. The temblor was picked up at 16:05:39 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.6026 East, latitude 7.994 North, depth = 64.261 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 64.261 km (40 miles).

The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from New Corella (c. 20 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bah-Bah, San Ignacio, New Corella (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 17 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines.

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