M5.2 earthquake 185 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 185 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Sun, Nov 30, 2003, 4:17 AM GMT+8 (20:17 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-11-29 20:17:11 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.033° N, 126.432° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.2 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
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 usp000ce5d. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 95°, dip 65°, rake -21°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 194°, dip 71°, rake -154°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1160 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8341 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.6190 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8336 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6184 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8331 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5204 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 8328 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7189 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8307 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.8232 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8293 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4153 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8283 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ce5d (also filed as gcmtb112903b, gcmt20031129201711, iscgem7194471). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.