M4.6 earthquake 7 km SW of Mati, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Mati, Philippines on Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 1:00 AM GMT+8 (17:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 14 km NE of Pilar, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-12-31 17:00:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.692° N, 125.414° 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 12.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.41 km WSW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1000 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.55 km SSE of Malitbog, Philippines · 995 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.66 km WNW of Buenavista, Philippines · 981 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.317 km NNW of San Miguel, Philippines · 974 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.32 km SSW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 961 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.714 km NE of Pilar, Philippines · 960 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 4.512 km W of Panikian, Philippines · 954 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.43 km NNW of Pilar, Philippines · 953 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.43 km NNE of Cortes, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.811 km WSW of Parang, Philippines · 1015 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.72 km SSW of Carmen, Philippines · 1023 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.823 km ESE of Socorro, Philippines · 1023 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.717 km NNE of Cagdianao, Philippines · 1024 days ago · 85 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.50 km N of Parang, Philippines · 1025 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m2wz. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.