M4.5 earthquake 25 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 25 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines on Mon, Apr 14, 1986, 4:05 AM GMT+8 (20:05 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 24 km E of Pilar, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-04-13 20:05:07 UTC
- Depth
- 57.0 km (35.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.986° N, 126.302° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.924 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 14772 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.052 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14769 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.460 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14767 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.769 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.31 km NNE of Dinagat, Philippines · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.762 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 14727 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.840 km SSE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14724 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 6.140 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14721 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 5.142 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 14773 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.723 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14773 days ago · 57 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.926 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14773 days ago · 53 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.126 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14774 days ago · 61 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.024 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14774 days ago · 54 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.415 km NE of Pilar, Philippines · 14776 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.717 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14776 days ago · 64 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002sw7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.