M4.5 earthquake 14 km WNW of Hinundayan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Hinundayan, Philippines on Wed, May 17, 2023, 5:59 AM GMT+8 (21:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 26 km W of Ipil, 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
- 2023-05-16 21:59:21 UTC
- Depth
- 9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.377° N, 125.123° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.626 km W of Ipil, Philippines · 1225 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 4.339 km N of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1216 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.310 km NNE of Hinundayan, Philippines · 1179 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 4.912 km NW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1241 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.913 km SSW of Silago, Philippines · 1250 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3Leyte, Philippines · 1250 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.321 km NNE of Loreto, Philippines · 1254 days ago · 95 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.319 km W of Balangiga, Philippines · 1254 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kd7r. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC.