M5.2 earthquake 19 km SW of Mabay, Philippines
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 19 km SW of Mabay, Philippines on Wed, Aug 18, 1976, 6:51 AM GMT+8 (22:51 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 10 km W of Sangay, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-08-17 22:51:23 UTC
- Depth
- 47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 5.921° N, 124.352° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 79
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.215 km S of Sangay, Philippines · 18297 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.610 km W of Sangay, Philippines · 18297 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.924 km WSW of Sangay, Philippines · 18297 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.943 km WSW of Sangay, Philippines · 18297 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.78 km SSE of Pamantingan, Philippines · 18294 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.09 km WNW of Sangay, Philippines · 18294 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.85 km NW of Basak, Philippines · 18293 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.85 km SE of Kalamansig, Philippines · 18292 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.84 km ESE of Bantogon, Philippines · 18287 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.534 km WSW of Sangay, Philippines · 18286 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.314 km WSW of Taguisa, Philippines · 18285 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.222 km W of Bantogon, Philippines · 18285 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.437 km SW of Sangay, Philippines · 18285 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.049 km SW of Sangay, Philippines · 18282 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.038 km W of Sangay, Philippines · 18282 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.72 km SSW of Taguisa, Philippines · 18276 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.312 km W of Taguisa, Philippines · 18276 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.6Mindanao, Philippines · 18274 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.625 km WNW of Bantogon, Philippines · 18265 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.17 km W of Sangay, Philippines · 18264 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.719 km WSW of Palimbang, Philippines · 18255 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.141 km W of Bantogon, Philippines · 18249 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.138 km W of Sangay, Philippines · 18247 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 5.120 km W of Palimbang, Philippines · 18298 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.05 km SW of Sangay, Philippines · 18298 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.027 km W of Sangay, Philippines · 18298 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.917 km W of Sangay, Philippines · 18298 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.337 km W of Sangay, Philippines · 18298 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.512 km WNW of Sangay, Philippines · 18298 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.915 km W of Sangay, Philippines · 18298 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.033 km SW of Palimbang, Philippines · 18298 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.614 km WSW of Sangay, Philippines · 18299 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 7.919 km WNW of Palimbang, Philippines · 18299 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000hwy. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.