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Significant magnitude 5.3 earthquake 99 km southwest of Basco, Philippines

Published: 18 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025 07:37 | 52 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake near Basco, Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Philippines, was reported only 8 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter early afternoon on Thursday, December 18th, 2025, at 3:27 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.3 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Sabtang (pop. 1,700) located 83 km from the epicenter, Mahatao (pop. 1,700) 95 km away, and Basco (pop. 9,600) 99 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting

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