A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Balangonan in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.234 East, latitude 5.3951 North, depth = 59.724 km. Event id: us6000qziv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qziv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 21:18:01 / August 9, 2025 @ 9:18 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:18:01 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.724 km (37 miles). 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kiamba, Polomolok, Conel (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Buayan (c. 14 600 pop).

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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km SW of Balangonan, Philippines.

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