M4.3 earthquake 59 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 59 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines on Wed, Sep 22, 1982, 3:02 PM GMT+8 (07:02 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 63 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-09-22 07:02:24 UTC
- Depth
- 37.3 km (23.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 5.873° N, 126.400° 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.063 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 16068 days ago · 65 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.564 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 16068 days ago · 46 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.374 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 16068 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.462 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 16068 days ago · 62 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.455 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines · 16067 days ago · 190 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.288 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 16059 days ago · 91 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.740 km E of Mangili, Philippines · 16053 days ago · 144 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.291 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 16048 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5133 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 16040 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8151 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 16022 days ago · 121 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001prm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:42 AM UTC.