M5.0 earthquake 241 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 241 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Sat, Jun 26, 1976, 10:57 AM GMT+8 (02:57 UTC), 36 km (22 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-06-26 02:57:31 UTC
- Depth
- 36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.763° N, 126.902° 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 2.0 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2234 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18352 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 6.5239 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18352 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.2242 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18345 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.0193 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 18343 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.2239 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18339 days ago · 81 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.1246 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 18339 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.9180 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 18338 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.0244 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18321 days ago · 72 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.1245 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 18316 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.3236 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 18302 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000h21 (also filed as iscgem713113). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC.