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Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - Philippine Sea, 48 km east of Tandag, Philippines, on Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023 at 11:35 am (GMT +8) -

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 35 km depth

25 Jan 03:54 UTC: First to report: USGS after 19 minutes.
25 Jan 23:48: Magnitude recalculated from 4.7 to 4.6. Epicenter location corrected by 8.3 km (5.2 mi) towards WNW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 25, 2023 03:35:20 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023 at 11:35 am (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	35.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	9.2148°N / 126.5496°E (Philippine Sea, Philippines)
Antipode	9.215°S / 53.45°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Paco (121 km / 75 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	40 km (25 mi) E of Cortes (pop: 3,030) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (25 mi) NE of La Paz (pop: 2,310) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (26 mi) ENE of Tandag (pop: 29,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) E of Mabahin (pop: 2,330) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) NE of Arrasasan (pop: 5,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 97 km (60 mi) NE of Bah-Bah (Agusan del Sur) (pop: 28,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 100 km (62 mi) ENE of Bayugan (pop: 40,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 852 km (529 mi) SE of Manila (pop: 1,600,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 217 km (135 mi) NE of Mindanao Island (pop: 25,537,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 260 km (162 mi) SE of Leyte Island (pop: 2,388,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 27.3°C (81 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 10 m/s (20 kts) from NNE
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	35 km	Mindanao, Philippines	USGS
4.6	35 km	Mindanao, Philippines	RaspberryShake
4.7	10 km	Mindanao, Philippines	IRIS

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Seismic station: Davao, Philippines (DAV/IU network) | Distance from quake: 261 km / 162 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Davao, Philippines: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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