M4.6 earthquake 79 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 79 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines on Mon, Jan 8, 2001, 1:42 PM GMT+8 (05:42 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 140 km ESE 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-01-08 05:42:47 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.613° N, 127.018° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0117 km ESE of Manay, Philippines · 9388 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.8140 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9387 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.9130 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9387 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.568 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9387 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.159 km ESE of San Ignacio, Philippines · 9387 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.5145 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9386 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.6154 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9386 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.273 km ESE of Manay, Philippines · 9385 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.9153 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines · 9382 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.755 km ESE of Jovellar, Philippines · 9381 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.749 km SE of Bobon, Philippines · 9376 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.570 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines · 9375 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.985 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9375 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.557 km ESE of Tarragona, Philippines · 9374 days ago · 87 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0118 km ESE of Tarragona, Philippines · 9374 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.014 km E of Tibanbang, Philippines · 9373 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.653 km ESE of San Ignacio, Philippines · 9372 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.460 km SE of Tarragona, Philippines · 9372 days ago · 83 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1125 km ESE of Jovellar, Philippines · 9370 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.981 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9368 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.341 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines · 9365 days ago · 83 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.468 km ESE of Manay, Philippines · 9363 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.252 km ESE of Tarragona, Philippines · 9363 days ago · 89 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.550 km ESE of Manay, Philippines · 9363 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.930 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9361 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.956 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines · 9358 days ago · 85 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.153 km SE of San Ignacio, Philippines · 9356 days ago · 70 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.570 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines · 9344 days ago · 75 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.865 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines · 9337 days ago · 61 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.9124 km ESE of Manay, Philippines · 9337 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.6103 km ESE of Jovellar, Philippines · 9337 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6100 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines · 9337 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.298 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines · 9337 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.243 km SE of Bobon, Philippines · 9337 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.310 km SSE of Manay, Philippines · 9332 days ago · 174 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 3.862 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines · 9389 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.7141 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9390 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.655 km ESE of Tarragona, Philippines · 9391 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.0142 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9391 days ago · 83 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.852 km ESE of San Ignacio, Philippines · 9391 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.545 km ESE of San Ignacio, Philippines · 9391 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.860 km ESE of San Ignacio, Philippines · 9392 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.051 km SE of Tarragona, Philippines · 9392 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.8102 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9392 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.779 km ESE of Manay, Philippines · 9392 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.960 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines · 9393 days ago · 113 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.7135 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9394 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 6.451 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines · 9395 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.945 km ESE of Tarragona, Philippines · 9395 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.053 km ESE of Jovellar, Philippines · 9395 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.688 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines · 9395 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.077 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 9395 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.494 km ESE of Jovellar, Philippines · 9395 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.143 km SE of Tarragona, Philippines · 9395 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.058 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines · 9396 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
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