M4.6 earthquake 21 km SE of Bangui, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 21 km SE of Bangui, Philippines on Sat, Sep 24, 1983, 3:17 AM GMT+8 (19:17 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 17 km NW of Puro Pinget, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-09-23 19:17:33 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.377° N, 120.884° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.917 km NW of Puro Pinget, Philippines · 15694 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.815 km E of Pagudpud, Philippines · 15677 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 5.027 km SE of Bangui, Philippines · 15711 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.68 km S of Padong, Philippines · 15718 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.71 km NW of Pasuquin, Philippines · 15732 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.116 km SSE of Bangui, Philippines · 15736 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.937 km NNE of Pagudpud, Philippines · 15738 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001ykx (also filed as iscgemsup568927). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC.