M4.3 earthquake 180 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 180 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Sun, Jun 17, 1990, 3:50 PM GMT+8 (07:50 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 170 km S of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-06-17 07:50:20 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.138° N, 126.494° 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
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5170 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 13257 days ago · 168 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.3107 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 13257 days ago · 207 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.8Pulau-Pulau Talaud, Indonesia · 13253 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.8234 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 13242 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5239 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 13242 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7107 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 13236 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004amj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.