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M 4.2 earthquake - 21 km ENE of Lais, Philippines
USGS reports an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 located 21 km ENE of Lais, Philippines (coordinates 6.4256, 125.8221) at a depth of 150.252 km. Source did not provide an event time in the supplied excerpt.
Categories: severe-weather-and-natural-disasters
Generated scores
Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.
- Confidence
- 8/10
- Geographic reach
- 1/10
- Global importance
- 1/10
- Impact magnitude
- 2/10
- Positivity
- 2/10
- Urgency
- 2/10
Why it matters
A seismic event was recorded by USGS with magnitude, location, coordinates, and depth reported in the source excerpt; this is a factual report of ground shaking in the Philippines.

