M4.2 earthquake 29 km SW of Burias, Philippines
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 29 km SW of Burias, Philippines on Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 5:15 AM GMT+8 (21:15 UTC), 78 km (48 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-11-17 21:15:09 UTC
- Depth
- 78.0 km (48.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.522° N, 125.075° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.2 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.535 km S of Maasim, Philippines · 1049 days ago · 75 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.243 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 1048 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.06 km SW of Burias, Philippines · 1047 days ago · 84 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
- 4.39 km SE of Kiupo, Philippines · 1047 days ago · 225 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.722 km SW of Burias, Philippines · 1044 days ago · 89 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.86 km NE of Pangyan, Philippines · 1030 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.212 km ENE of Suyan, Philippines · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 16
- 4.426 km SW of Burias, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 79 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.132 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 997 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.626 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines · 994 days ago · 81 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 6.732 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines · 1050 days ago · 52 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 215 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
- 4.35 km SSE of Pangyan, Philippines · 1053 days ago · 229 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.922 km SW of Mabay, Philippines · 1054 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.467 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 1068 days ago · 172 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lq49. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.