Philippines earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 54 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 54 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines on Thu, Apr 25, 2002, 11:07 AM GMT+8 (03:07 UTC), 200 km (124 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Thu, Apr 25, 2002, 11:07 AM GMT+8
UTC: 2002-04-25 03:07:15 UTC
Depth: 200.0 km (124.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 6.625° N, 126.760° 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: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 40°, dip 49°, rake 150°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 151°, dip 68°, rake 45°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 91

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b34f (also filed as gcmtb042502b, gcmt20020425030715, iscgem3020838). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.