A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Borbon in Philippines on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/25 / 2025-10-01 14:46:58 / October 1, 2025 @ 2:46 pm. Unique identifier: us6000re08. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000re08. Exact location of earthquake, 124.1712° East, 10.8915° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 14:46:58 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Cebu City (c. 798 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Lapu-Lapu City (c. 350 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mandaue City (c. 331 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Toledo (c. 156 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Talisay (c. 133 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guadalupe, Sogod, Carcar (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 16 km ENE of Borbon, Philippines.

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