M5.1 earthquake 2 km SE of Jagupit, Philippines
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Jagupit, Philippines on Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:04 AM GMT+8 (16:04 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 13 km WSW of Jabonga, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-04-13 16:04:27 UTC
- Depth
- 20.4 km (12.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.227° N, 125.574° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.1 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 83°, dip 55°, rake 172°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 177°, dip 83°, rake 35°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.7 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 186
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.95 km SSE of Dapa, Philippines · 1262 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 5.213 km WSW of Jabonga, Philippines · 1260 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
- 4.55 km ENE of Tago, Philippines · 1259 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.56 km NE of Tandag, Philippines · 1245 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.610 km N of Pilar, Philippines · 1242 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.62 km S of Cantapoy, Philippines · 1235 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.216 km NW of Candiis, Philippines · 1235 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.98 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1233 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5Mindanao, Philippines · 1229 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.626 km W of Ipil, Philippines · 1224 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 4.56 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1219 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k43z. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC.