Philippines earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 141 km S of Sarangani, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 141 km S of Sarangani, Philippines on Tue, Nov 11, 1975, 10:01 PM GMT+8 (14:01 UTC), 34 km (21 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
UTC
1975-11-11 14:01:45 UTC
Depth
34.0 km (21.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
4.128° N, 125.388° E
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.1mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
5.45Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.66

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8147 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18587 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.9141 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18587 days ago · 70 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.9162 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18587 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.8169 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18587 days ago · 83 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.8151 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18586 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 5.3141 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18586 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 4.9139 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18586 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 5.1135 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18586 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 5.0135 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18586 days ago · 114 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 5.0138 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18586 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 5.6141 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18586 days ago · 68 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 4.6110 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18586 days ago · 95 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 5.3141 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18585 days ago · 72 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 5.3136 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18585 days ago · 64 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 5.0127 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18585 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 5.2131 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18584 days ago · 85 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 5.1131 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18583 days ago · 92 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 4.9149 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 18567 days ago · 328 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 5.1147 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18553 days ago · 60 km deep · 9 km away

Before

  1. 5.4129 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18588 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 5.1151 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18588 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.8121 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18588 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 4.9143 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 18589 days ago · 55 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000dhc (also filed as iscgem721568). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.