M6.9 earthquake 34 km W of Gadung, Philippines
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck 34 km W of Gadung, Philippines on Tue, May 27, 2003, 7:13 AM GMT+8 (23:13 UTC), 566 km (352 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.9 (mwc), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-26 23:13:29 UTC
- Depth
- 565.8 km (351.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 6.761° N, 123.707° 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
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 6.9 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 334°, dip 81°, rake 244°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 227°, dip 26°, rake -18°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 21°
- Stations used
- 544
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.9 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.915 km W of Gadung, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 584 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.27 km WSW of Gadung, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 576 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.417 km W of Taguisa, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 600 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.540 km W of Gadung, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 621 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.827 km W of Gadung, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 600 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.444 km W of Taguisa, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 583 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.525 km W of Gadung, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 583 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.717 km NNW of Gadung, Philippines · 8527 days ago · 600 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.314 km W of Taguisa, Philippines · 8507 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.62 km NNE of Datu Piang, Philippines · 8488 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000by7z (also filed as choy20030526231329, gcmtc052603e, gcmt20030526231329, duputel052603e, atlas20030526231330, iscgem6851110). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:51 AM UTC.