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M5.3 earthquake 39 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 39 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines on Wed, Jul 12, 2000, 12:03 AM GMT+8 (16:03 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Jul 12, 2000, 12:03 AM GMT+8
UTC: 2000-07-11 16:03:53 UTC
Depth: 85.0 km (52.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 6.006° N, 126.216° E
Region: Philippines
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.3	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.3	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.3	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 238°, dip 18°, rake -174°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 142°, dip 88°, rake -72°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 112

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009w91 (also filed as gcmtb071100f, gcmt20000711160353, iscgem1737644). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC.