M4.8 earthquake 207 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 207 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines on Sun, Jul 8, 1990, 11:25 AM GMT+8 (03:25 UTC), 218 km (135 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 224 km SSW 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-07-08 03:25:55 UTC
- Depth
- 217.7 km (135.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 3.633° N, 124.833° 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 1.8 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3245 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 13220 days ago · 399 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.2224 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 13192 days ago · 334 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.9188 km NNE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia · 13184 days ago · 192 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004bhk. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC.