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M5.7 earthquake 169 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 169 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Tue, Dec 5, 2000, 7:08 PM GMT+8 (11:08 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.7 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Tue, Dec 5, 2000, 7:08 PM GMT+8
UTC: 2000-12-05 11:08:25 UTC
Depth: 101.4 km (63.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 4.222° N, 126.439° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting: Oblique normal
Nodal plane 1: Strike 150°, dip 35°, rake -48°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 283°, dip 64°, rake -115°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Stations used: 128

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a5hp (also filed as gcmtb120500b, gcmt20001205110825, iscgem1839083). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.