M4.5 earthquake 5 km ENE of Tago, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Tago, Philippines on Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 11:20 PM GMT+8 (15:20 UTC), 73 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 8 km ENE of Cortes, 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
- 2023-04-24 15:20:47 UTC
- Depth
- 73.4 km (45.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 9.035° N, 126.284° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 64
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.56 km NE of Tandag, Philippines · 1243 days ago · 70 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.98 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1232 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5Mindanao, Philippines · 1227 days ago · 87 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.528 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 1226 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1Mindanao, Philippines · 1219 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.56 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1218 days ago · 64 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.521 km NE of Gigaquit, Philippines · 1202 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.95 km SSE of Dapa, Philippines · 1261 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 4.1100 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 1262 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.12 km SE of Jagupit, Philippines · 1269 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 4.38 km SW of Dapa, Philippines · 1277 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k6sf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC.