M4.0 earthquake 3 km NNE of Taligaman, Philippines
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 3 km NNE of Taligaman, Philippines on Sun, Apr 18, 2004, 10:23 AM GMT+8 (02:23 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 19 km E of Cortes, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-04-18 02:23:15 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.938° N, 125.665° 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 usp000csu2. 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.719 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 8192 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.57 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines · 8192 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.65 km S of San Miguel, Philippines · 8163 days ago · 136 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.719 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 8153 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000csu2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.