M4.8 earthquake 193 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 193 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Sat, Aug 5, 1978, 3:27 AM GMT+8 (19:27 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 160 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-08-04 19:27:02 UTC
- Depth
- 72.0 km (44.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 3.989° N, 126.484° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5160 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 17572 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.0246 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17564 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.5196 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 17561 days ago · 71 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.4240 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 17555 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.4194 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 17546 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.9195 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 17546 days ago · 81 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3213 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 17533 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000vxp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:55 AM UTC.