M4.7 earthquake 62 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 62 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines on Mon, Jul 6, 1987, 2:51 PM GMT+8 (06:51 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 91 km ESE of Sulangan, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-06 06:51:50 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.129° N, 126.602° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.843 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14330 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.091 km ESE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14318 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.8104 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14318 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.064 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14315 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.650 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 14312 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.751 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14310 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.454 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14308 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.77 km N of Socorro, Philippines · 14293 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.845 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14276 days ago · 52 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 4.761 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14331 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.551 km ESE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14333 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.639 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14348 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.839 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14351 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.554 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14351 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.245 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14351 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.844 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14351 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.854 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14351 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.651 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14352 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.340 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14352 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.647 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14352 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.747 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14352 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
- 6.246 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14352 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.549 km N of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14352 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.960 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14352 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.366 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14354 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.161 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14357 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.868 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14358 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.150 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14358 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.351 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14358 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00036d5. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:02 AM UTC.