M4.9 earthquake 8 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 8 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines on Sun, May 21, 2023, 11:11 AM GMT+8 (03:11 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-21 03:11:53 UTC
- Depth
- 58.5 km (36.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.307° N, 126.259° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Mindanao, Philippines · 1228 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.56 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1218 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.521 km NE of Gigaquit, Philippines · 1202 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.716 km NNE of Los Arcos, Philippines · 1190 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.62 km S of Cantapoy, Philippines · 1234 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.0Philippine Islands region · 1239 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.912 km NW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1240 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.610 km N of Pilar, Philippines · 1241 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.429 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1243 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.56 km NE of Tandag, Philippines · 1244 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.55 km ENE of Tago, Philippines · 1258 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.213 km WSW of Jabonga, Philippines · 1259 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
- 4.95 km SSE of Dapa, Philippines · 1261 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 4.1100 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 1262 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kdjn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:12 AM UTC.