M4.4 earthquake 109 km SE of Caburan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 109 km SE of Caburan, Philippines on Thu, Jul 17, 2003, 4:06 AM GMT+8 (20:06 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 159 km SE 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-07-16 20:06:14 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 5.358° N, 126.454° 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
- Station coverage gap
- 177°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.658 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 8475 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5103 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8471 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.787 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 8464 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.164 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 8464 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.5159 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8462 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.435 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8458 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.844 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8457 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.619 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 8418 days ago · 162 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.1182 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8480 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.495 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 8484 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.485 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8489 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.959 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 8490 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.0170 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8497 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.327 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 8500 days ago · 200 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7165 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8501 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c2p4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:49 AM UTC.