M4.9 earthquake 225 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 225 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Tue, Dec 17, 1985, 10:47 PM GMT+8 (14:47 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 230 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-12-17 14:47:50 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.746° N, 126.655° 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 1.9 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1230 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 14882 days ago · 58 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.8234 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 14854 days ago · 74 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 4.9230 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 14890 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.7235 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 14891 days ago · 61 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.7Pulau-Pulau Talaud, Indonesia · 14892 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.1237 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 14893 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 6.3228 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 14893 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002p0d. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC.