A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Talaga in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/25 / 2025-12-16 13:13:48 / December 16, 2025 @ 1:13 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000rv9m. Event ids that are associated: us6000rv9m. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.9458 East, latitude 13.7145 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:13:48 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Taguig (c. 644 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Makati City (c. 510 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Dasmariñas (c. 441 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Bacoor (c. 357 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Pedro (c. 270 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangil, Mabitac, Tanay.

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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 2 km SSE of Talaga, Philippines.

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