Philippines earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 160 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 160 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines on Mon, Jan 8, 2001, 12:20 PM GMT+8 (04:20 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 169 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Mon, Jan 8, 2001, 12:20 PM GMT+8
UTC: 2001-01-08 04:20:48 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 5.532° N, 127.371° 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: Reverse (thrust)
Nodal plane 1: Strike 188°, dip 29°, rake 109°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 347°, dip 62°, rake 80°

How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 40

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a7a9 (also filed as gcmtb010801a, gcmt20010108042048, iscgem1763338). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:38 AM UTC.