M4.3 earthquake 218 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 218 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines on Fri, Sep 1, 2023, 1:53 PM GMT+8 (05:53 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 234 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-09-01 05:53:17 UTC
- Depth
- 126.2 km (78.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 4.887° N, 127.497° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1276 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 1123 days ago · 130 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2124 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 1116 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.9234 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 1105 days ago · 94 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 6
- 4.5233 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 1105 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.2174 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 1105 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.5172 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 1098 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.1254 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 1098 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ktxe. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:56 AM UTC.