A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Palompon in Philippines on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 124.3483 East, latitude 11.0827 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 14:24:35 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/25 / 2025-09-30 14:24:35 / September 30, 2025 @ 2:24 pm. Event id: us6000ripf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ripf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bolanon, Bato, Catbalogan. The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Lapu-Lapu City (c. 350 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Mandaue City (c. 331 300 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Danao (c. 70 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Liloan (c. 49 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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