Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Tambongon in Philippines

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Earthquake location 10.9457S, 123.9375W A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tambongon in Philippines. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgrd. Unique identifier: us6000rgrd. The temblor was detected at 17:05:59 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 17:05:59 / October 12, 2025 @ 5:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.9375 East, latitude 10.9457 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maao, Sagang, San Isidro. Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Cebu City (c. 798 600 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Bacolod City (c. 454 900 pop), 110 km (69 miles) from Mansilingan (c. 454 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Lapu-Lapu City (c. 350 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mandaue City (c. 331 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Toledo (c. 156 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Talisay (c. 133 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 2 km SSE of Tambongon, Philippines.

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