M5.3 earthquake 204 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 204 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines on Fri, Mar 12, 2004, 5:18 PM GMT+8 (09:18 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-03-12 09:18:47 UTC
- Depth
- 51.2 km (31.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.821° N, 126.424° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.3 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.3 | 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 usp000cpqx. 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 92°, dip 43°, rake 9°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 355°, dip 84°, rake 133°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 115
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5194 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8238 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.1202 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8221 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8219 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9241 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8217 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6216 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8215 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7217 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8211 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.8239 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8200 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2220 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8197 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.9237 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8188 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3238 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8183 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.7185 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8243 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.8194 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8245 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6192 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8248 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4241 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8253 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.8189 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8254 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.2180 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8254 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.6170 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 8256 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.8235 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 8267 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cpqx (also filed as gcmtc031204a, gcmt20040312091847, iscgem7308681). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.