M4.2 earthquake 38 km E of Mangili, Philippines
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 38 km E of Mangili, Philippines on Thu, May 18, 2000, 7:32 AM GMT+8 (23:32 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 39 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-05-17 23:32:48 UTC
- Depth
- 85.8 km (53.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.964° N, 126.033° 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 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.34 km SW of Tamisan, Philippines · 9628 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.391 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9617 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.152 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9612 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.79 km W of Balangonan, Philippines · 9612 days ago · 210 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.781 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9597 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.975 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9597 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.879 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9596 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.339 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9578 days ago · 85 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.298 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9575 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.312 km SW of Pangyan, Philippines · 9634 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.991 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9637 days ago · 87 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2101 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 9644 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.779 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 9653 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009t3p. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC.