Philippines earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 45 km E of Cortes, Philippines

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 45 km E of Cortes, Philippines on Mon, Dec 25, 2023, 11:21 AM GMT+8 (03:21 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 29 km NE of Hinatuan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2023-12-25 03:21:05 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.285° N, 126.605° E
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 14.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5102 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1009 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.135 km NE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 1008 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.865 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 1008 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.45 km W of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1007 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 5.027 km NE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 1005 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.569 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 1005 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.389 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 4.420 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 4.254 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.43 km NNE of Cortes, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 4.238 km E of Marihatag, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 4.699 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1001 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.725 km E of Hinatuan, Philippines · 999 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 4.021 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 997 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 4.583 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 996 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 4.492 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 992 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.541 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 991 days ago · 85 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 4.742 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines · 991 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 4.651 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 990 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 4.87 km NNE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 988 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  21. 5.629 km NE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 986 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 10
  22. 4.417 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 985 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 4.778 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 984 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 4.39 km NNE of Lianga, Philippines · 983 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 4.469 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 983 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 4.66 km WNW of Buenavista, Philippines · 981 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 4.14 km SE of Gamut, Philippines · 975 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 4.317 km NNW of San Miguel, Philippines · 974 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 4.650 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 973 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 4.3117 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 973 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 4.82 km NE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 969 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 4.46 km NNW of Salvacion, Philippines · 969 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 4.38 km SW of Bacolod, Philippines · 969 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 4.424 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines · 968 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 4.181 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 967 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 4.32 km E of Salvacion, Philippines · 967 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 5.10 km W of Bacolod, Philippines · 966 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
  38. 5.046 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 965 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 5.053 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 965 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 4.564 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 965 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 4.729 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 964 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 4.448 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 964 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 4.316 km NNE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 962 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 5.364 km E of Union, Philippines · 960 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  45. 4.714 km NE of Pilar, Philippines · 959 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  46. 4.940 km NE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 959 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 4.89 km ESE of Mabahin, Philippines · 958 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  48. 4.821 km E of Hinatuan, Philippines · 958 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  49. 4.57 km NW of Gamut, Philippines · 957 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 4.62 km SSW of Marihatag, Philippines · 956 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 4.511 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines · 956 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  52. 4.594 km E of Marihatag, Philippines · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 4.512 km W of Panikian, Philippines · 954 days ago · 127 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 4.43 km NNW of Pilar, Philippines · 953 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 4.423 km NE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 950 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 4.93 km ESE of Tandag, Philippines · 950 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 4.710 km NNE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 1010 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  2. 5.127 km NE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 1010 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.657 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 1010 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 5.256 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.3103 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1011 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.16 km WNW of Unidad, Philippines · 1011 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.436 km SE of Marihatag, Philippines · 1012 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.263 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines · 1012 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.294 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1012 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 4.681 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1012 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 4.278 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 1014 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 4.3102 km E of Marihatag, Philippines · 1015 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 4.942 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines · 1015 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 4.811 km WSW of Parang, Philippines · 1015 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.414 km SSE of Marihatag, Philippines · 1015 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 4.647 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1015 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 4.653 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1016 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 4.9116 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1016 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 4.6108 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1016 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 4.235 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1016 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m1tl. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC.