M4.6 earthquake 81 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 81 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines on Sun, Feb 22, 2004, 12:51 AM GMT+8 (16:51 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 47 km ESE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-21 16:51:00 UTC
- Depth
- 88.5 km (55.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.537° N, 126.987° 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 usp000cmrt. 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.852 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8256 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8107 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8252 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.047 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8245 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.843 km ESE of Manay, Philippines · 8230 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.343 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8226 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.688 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines · 8223 days ago · 114 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.642 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines · 8205 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cmrt. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC.