M4.5 earthquake 35 km S of Maasim, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 35 km S of Maasim, Philippines on Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 12:18 PM GMT+8 (04:18 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 12 km ENE of Suyan, 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
- 2023-11-18 04:18:18 UTC
- Depth
- 74.9 km (46.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.533° N, 124.986° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.243 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 1048 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.06 km SW of Burias, Philippines · 1048 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 4.39 km SE of Kiupo, Philippines · 1047 days ago · 225 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.722 km SW of Burias, Philippines · 1045 days ago · 89 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.86 km NE of Pangyan, Philippines · 1031 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.212 km ENE of Suyan, Philippines · 1010 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 16
- 4.426 km SW of Burias, Philippines · 1004 days ago · 79 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.132 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 998 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.626 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines · 995 days ago · 81 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 4.229 km SW of Burias, Philippines · 1051 days ago · 78 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.732 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines · 1051 days ago · 52 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 215 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
- 4.35 km SSE of Pangyan, Philippines · 1054 days ago · 229 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.922 km SW of Mabay, Philippines · 1054 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lqaj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:20 AM UTC.