Philippines earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 61 km SE of Caburan, Philippines

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 61 km SE of Caburan, Philippines on Sun, May 11, 2003, 2:28 AM GMT+8 (18:28 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Mindanao, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-05-10 18:28:34 UTC
Depth
116.2 km (72.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
5.550° N, 126.057° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000bwzj. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.510 km W of Caburan, Philippines · 8544 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.3126 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8540 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.479 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8526 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 5.4Mindanao, Philippines · 8526 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.233 km SSW of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8524 days ago · 153 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.747 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 8520 days ago · 121 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.313 km SW of Caburan, Philippines · 8517 days ago · 209 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.327 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 8502 days ago · 200 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.959 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 8492 days ago · 94 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 4.485 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8491 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.495 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 8486 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.5109 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8547 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.569 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8553 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 3.937 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 8559 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 5.357 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 8559 days ago · 138 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 5.010 km SE of Suyan, Philippines · 8560 days ago · 164 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 4.382 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8561 days ago · 149 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 4.875 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8572 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 4.32 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8573 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bwzj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC.