Philippines earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 7 km WSW of Gadung, Philippines

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 7 km WSW of Gadung, Philippines on Tue, May 27, 2003, 7:30 AM GMT+8 (23:30 UTC), 576 km (358 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km W of Taguisa, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-05-26 23:30:28 UTC
Depth
576.3 km (358.1 mi), deep
Epicenter
6.764° N, 123.961° 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 usp000by82. 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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Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
61

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.417 km W of Taguisa, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 600 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.540 km W of Gadung, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 621 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.827 km W of Gadung, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 600 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.444 km W of Taguisa, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 583 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.525 km W of Gadung, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 583 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.717 km NNW of Gadung, Philippines · 8527 days ago · 600 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 5.314 km W of Taguisa, Philippines · 8507 days ago · 47 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 4.62 km NNE of Datu Piang, Philippines · 8488 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 5.915 km W of Gadung, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 584 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 6.934 km W of Gadung, Philippines · 8528 days ago · 566 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 4.424 km WNW of Litayan, Philippines · 8555 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000by82. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC.