Philippines earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 151 km S of Sarangani, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 151 km S of Sarangani, Philippines on Mon, Nov 10, 1975, 11:30 PM GMT+8 (15:30 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 141 km S of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Nov 10, 1975, 11:30 PM GMT+8
UTC: 1975-11-10 15:30:00 UTC
Depth: 32.0 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 4.033° N, 125.413° E
Region: Philippines
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.1	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.53	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.58

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How well it is located

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Stations used: 36

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000dgv (also filed as iscgem721517). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC.