A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Palimbang in Philippines on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 564.993 km (351 miles). Exact location, longitude 123.6911° East, latitude 6.0411° North, depth = 564.993 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:56:02 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/10/25 / 2025-10-06 05:56:02 / October 6, 2025 @ 5:56 am. Unique identifier: us6000rf15. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rf15.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Bantogon (c. 5 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Puloypuloy (c. 5 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maitum, Puloypuloy, Kalamansig (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 58 km WSW of Palimbang, Philippines.

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