M4.6 earthquake 215 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 215 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines on Thu, Dec 14, 2000, 8:01 AM GMT+8 (00:01 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 207 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-14 00:01:21 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.561° N, 126.091° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7161 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9411 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6197 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9391 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.5202 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9390 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1230 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9387 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.5207 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9380 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9220 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9380 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.8227 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9375 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.1199 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9372 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.4131 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 9363 days ago · 146 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.4224 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 9359 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a61e. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:54 AM UTC.