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M5.7 earthquake 30 km SSE of Tamisan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 30 km SSE of Tamisan, Philippines on Thu, May 27, 2004, 6:10 PM GMT+8 (10:10 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.7 (Mwb, body-wave moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, May 27, 2004, 6:10 PM GMT+8
UTC: 2004-05-27 10:10:36 UTC
Depth: 62.9 km (39.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 6.591° N, 126.411° E
Region: Philippines
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
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
5.7	Mwb, body-wave moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.6	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.6	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III PIVS) at Davao and General Santos; (II PIVS) at Kidapawan.

From the USGS event page for usp000cwcf. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 3.9% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.9 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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 227°, dip 34°, rake 153°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 340°, dip 75°, rake 59°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap: 58°
Stations used: 174

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cwcf (also filed as gcmtc052704c, gcmt20040527101036, iscgem7348985). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC.