Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Santa Nino in Philippines

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Santa Nino in Philippines on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/25 / 2025-10-02 02:01:27 / October 2, 2025 @ 2:01 am. The temblor was detected at 02:01:27 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000rixm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rixm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 123.692° East, 10.7212° North. 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 cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bago City, Isabela, Argao (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Cebu City (c. 798 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Bacolod City (c. 454 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mansilingan (c. 454 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Lapu-Lapu City (c. 350 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mandaue City (c. 331 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Toledo (c. 156 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Bago City (c. 150 300 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km WNW of Santa Nino, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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