M4.5 earthquake 89 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 89 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines on Thu, May 27, 2004, 2:19 PM GMT+8 (06:19 UTC), 165 km (102 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 131 km SE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-27 06:19:38 UTC
- Depth
- 164.5 km (102.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.490° N, 126.324° 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 usp000cwbz. 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
- 104°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4126 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8162 days ago · 98 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.851 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 8159 days ago · 170 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.1131 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8143 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.836 km E of Lamitan, Philippines · 8143 days ago · 165 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5134 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 8129 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cwbz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:06 AM UTC.