Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Manay in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Manay in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 126.8568° East, latitude 7.1034° North, depth = 74.471 km. Id of earthquake: us6000rkp0. Event ids that are associated: us6000rkp0. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.471 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:33:22 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 09:33:22 / October 10, 2025 @ 9:33 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Batobato, Cateel, Taytayan. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and five, in the last 10 days one hundred and five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 37 km ESE of Manay, Philippines.

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