Philippines earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 180 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 180 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines on Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 9:56 AM GMT+8 (01:56 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 Pulau-Pulau Talaud, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Jun 24, 2004, 9:56 AM GMT+8
UTC: 2004-06-24 01:56:29 UTC
Depth: 40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 4.036° N, 126.350° 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 usp000cymn. 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: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap: 95°
Stations used: 33

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cymn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.