Philippines earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 7 km ESE of Pilar, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Pilar, Philippines on Sat, Sep 22, 1973, 1:42 PM GMT+8 (05:42 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 28 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1973-09-22 05:42:27 UTC
Depth
54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.832° N, 126.156° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.74 km E of Union, Philippines · 19358 days ago · 69 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.576 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 19357 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.881 km E of Union, Philippines · 19357 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.913 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 19357 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 5.228 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 19357 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 4.715 km WNW of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines · 19357 days ago · 120 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 5.649 km E of Union, Philippines · 19357 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 5.26 km NNE of Pilar, Philippines · 19351 days ago · 77 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 4.911 km ESE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 19348 days ago · 76 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 5.05 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 19348 days ago · 71 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 4.975 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 19348 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 5.04 km NE of Tagana-an, Philippines · 19344 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 5.0Mindanao, Philippines · 19304 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 5.325 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 19359 days ago · 36 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 5.84 km SW of Mabahin, Philippines · 19368 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00003gs. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.