A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/25 / 2025-12-20 05:52:31 / December 20, 2025 @ 5:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.1067 East, latitude 10.2114 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:52:31 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rw5j. Unique identifier: us6000rw5j.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bacuag (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luna, Bacuag, Placer (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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