Philippines earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 49 km E of Baculin, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 49 km E of Baculin, Philippines on Sun, Mar 9, 2003, 7:14 AM GMT+8 (23:14 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mwc), moderate
Local time
UTC
2003-03-08 23:14:28 UTC
Depth
37.1 km (23.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
7.410° N, 127.029° E
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
Normal
Nodal plane 1
Strike 130°, dip 43°, rake -65°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 277°, dip 51°, rake -112°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
103

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bs7n (also filed as gcmtb030803b, gcmt20030308231428, iscgem6610824). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC.