M5.2 earthquake 216 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 216 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines on Wed, Jun 2, 1976, 1:57 PM GMT+8 (05:57 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 239 km SE of Sarangani, 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
- 1976-06-02 05:57:39 UTC
- Depth
- 93.0 km (57.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 3.742° N, 126.498° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2210 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18374 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.0241 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18350 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.2234 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18350 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 6.5239 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18350 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.2242 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18343 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.0193 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 18341 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.2239 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18337 days ago · 81 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.1246 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 18337 days ago · 75 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.9180 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 18336 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.0244 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18318 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000gpw (also filed as iscgem712009). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:52 AM UTC.