Philippines earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 25 km WSW of Colipapa, Philippines

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 25 km WSW of Colipapa, Philippines on Wed, Aug 26, 1987, 9:44 AM GMT+8 (01:44 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 32 km SW of Alim, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1987-08-26 01:44:46 UTC
Depth
30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.357° N, 122.363° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.2mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · 21 stations
5.44Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.26

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.841 km SW of Alim, Philippines · 14282 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.362 km SW of Colipapa, Philippines · 14282 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.878 km WSW of Alim, Philippines · 14282 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 4.443 km SW of Colipapa, Philippines · 14280 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 4.960 km SW of Colipapa, Philippines · 14280 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 4.445 km SW of Colipapa, Philippines · 14277 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 4.548 km WSW of Colipapa, Philippines · 14275 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 5.432 km SW of Alim, Philippines · 14274 days ago · 52 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.840 km SW of Colipapa, Philippines · 14274 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 4.917 km SW of Colipapa, Philippines · 14274 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 4.79 km NNW of Malabugas, Philippines · 14273 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 5.022 km SW of Colipapa, Philippines · 14270 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 4.812 km NW of Tabuan, Philippines · 14230 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 5.220 km SW of Colipapa, Philippines · 14282 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00037tz (also filed as iscgem460630). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC.