M4.2 earthquake Mindanao, Philippines
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in Mindanao, Philippines on Sat, Apr 12, 2003, 2:53 PM GMT+8 (06:53 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 34 km E of Cortes, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-12 06:53:23 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.564° N, 126.352° E
- Region
- Philippines
- 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 usp000bv09. 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
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 17
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.528 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 8572 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.734 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 8572 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.750 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 8567 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.60 km SSE of Cantilan, Philippines · 8565 days ago · 157 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.234 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 8564 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.33 km WNW of Bacolod, Philippines · 8559 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.520 km N of Cortes, Philippines · 8558 days ago · 56 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.57 km SE of Union, Philippines · 8554 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 4.030 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 8576 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.815 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 8576 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.576 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 8588 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.214 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 8602 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bv09. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.