M4.6 earthquake 31 km E of Hinatuan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 31 km E of Hinatuan, Philippines on Fri, Jan 12, 1990, 5:07 PM GMT+8 (09:07 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 122 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-01-12 09:07:26 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.393° N, 126.617° 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 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.668 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 13399 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.454 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 13393 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7122 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 13385 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.046 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 13382 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.532 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 13382 days ago · 61 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.453 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines · 13382 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.441 km NE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 13381 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.471 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 13379 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.627 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 13376 days ago · 86 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.96 km ENE of Bunawan, Philippines · 13375 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.535 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 13366 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.119 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines · 13360 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.237 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 13355 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 5.111 km NNE of Cateel, Philippines · 13406 days ago · 88 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.281 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 13406 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.040 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 13407 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.131 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines · 13409 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.930 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 13409 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.073 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 13409 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4Philippine Islands region · 13412 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.6Philippine Islands region · 13413 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.342 km ENE of Baculin, Philippines · 13414 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.263 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 13415 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.447 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 13416 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.610 km NE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 13417 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.495 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 13417 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.964 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 13418 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.617 km W of Batiano, Philippines · 13422 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.142 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 13423 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.152 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 13423 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.751 km NE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 13423 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.526 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines · 13423 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.6Philippine Islands region · 13423 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000445e. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.