M5.0 earthquake 6 km SW of Burias, Philippines
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Burias, Philippines on Tue, Nov 21, 2023, 3:28 AM GMT+8 (19:28 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 12 km ENE of Suyan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-20 19:28:25 UTC
- Depth
- 84.4 km (52.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.677° N, 125.216° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.3 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 122
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.39 km SE of Kiupo, Philippines · 1047 days ago · 225 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.722 km SW of Burias, Philippines · 1045 days ago · 89 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.86 km NE of Pangyan, Philippines · 1030 days ago · 79 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.212 km ENE of Suyan, Philippines · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 16
- 4.426 km SW of Burias, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 79 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.132 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 997 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.626 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines · 994 days ago · 81 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.629 km E of Lamitan, Philippines · 988 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.243 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 1048 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.231 km E of Mangili, Philippines · 1049 days ago · 158 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.535 km S of Maasim, Philippines · 1050 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.229 km SW of Burias, Philippines · 1050 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
- 6.732 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines · 1050 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 215 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
- 4.35 km SSE of Pangyan, Philippines · 1053 days ago · 229 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.922 km SW of Mabay, Philippines · 1054 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lpna. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC.