M4.5 earthquake 28 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines on Sat, May 27, 2023, 1:52 PM GMT+8 (05:52 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 16 km NNE of Los Arcos, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-27 05:52:47 UTC
- Depth
- 80.8 km (50.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 8.441° N, 126.588° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1Mindanao, Philippines · 1221 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.56 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1219 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.519 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines · 1194 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.716 km NNE of Los Arcos, Philippines · 1191 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.592 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1185 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.11 km ESE of Lianga, Philippines · 1170 days ago · 95 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k4ex. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC.