Philippines earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 5 km SSE of Dapa, Philippines

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 5 km SSE of Dapa, Philippines on Sat, Apr 22, 2023, 9:06 AM GMT+8 (01:06 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 13 km WSW of Jabonga, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2023-04-22 01:06:06 UTC
Depth
56.6 km (35.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.711° N, 126.072° E
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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.9 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
83

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.213 km WSW of Jabonga, Philippines · 1258 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  2. 4.55 km ENE of Tago, Philippines · 1258 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.242 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1247 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 4.56 km NE of Tandag, Philippines · 1243 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.429 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1243 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.610 km N of Pilar, Philippines · 1241 days ago · 46 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.912 km NW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1239 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 5.0Philippine Islands region · 1239 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.62 km S of Cantapoy, Philippines · 1233 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 4.98 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1232 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.5Mindanao, Philippines · 1227 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.626 km W of Ipil, Philippines · 1223 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  13. 4.56 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1218 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 4.339 km N of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1214 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 4.556 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 1211 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 4.465 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 1211 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 4.665 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1211 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 5.132 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1203 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 4.521 km NE of Gigaquit, Philippines · 1202 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 5.12 km SE of Jagupit, Philippines · 1269 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  2. 4.38 km SW of Dapa, Philippines · 1277 days ago · 91 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k68v. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC.