Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Lukatan in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Lukatan in Philippines on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qlg8. Unique identifier: us6000qlg8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.0071 East, latitude 6.626 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 14:20:24 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/25 / 2025-06-05 14:20:24 / June 5, 2025 @ 2:20 pm.

The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mati, Manay, San Ignacio (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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