M4.7 earthquake 23 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 23 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines on Sun, Apr 13, 1986, 3:17 AM GMT+8 (19:17 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 40 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-04-12 19:17:51 UTC
- Depth
- 57.2 km (35.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.968° N, 126.291° 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 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.142 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 14784 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.525 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14783 days ago · 57 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.924 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 14783 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.052 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14781 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.460 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14778 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.769 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 14758 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.31 km NNE of Dinagat, Philippines · 14757 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.762 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.840 km SSE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14736 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 6.140 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14732 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.926 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14784 days ago · 53 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.126 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14785 days ago · 61 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.024 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14786 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.415 km NE of Pilar, Philippines · 14787 days ago · 64 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.717 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14787 days ago · 64 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
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