M4.5 earthquake 94 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 94 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Wed, May 31, 2000, 6:56 AM GMT+8 (22:56 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 158 km ESE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-05-30 22:56:41 UTC
- Depth
- 135.1 km (83.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 4.816° N, 126.078° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5158 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9612 days ago · 86 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.152 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9612 days ago · 126 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.975 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9597 days ago · 92 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4102 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9596 days ago · 75 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.879 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9596 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.5162 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9627 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4126 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9637 days ago · 156 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.343 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 9639 days ago · 196 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2101 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 9644 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009tpe. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC.