Philippines earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 42 km ESE of Union, Philippines

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of Union, Philippines on Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 2:22 PM GMT+8 (06:22 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 56 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2023-12-12 06:22:14 UTC
Depth
40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.630° N, 126.475° E
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, 7.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
67

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.739 km E of Union, Philippines · 1022 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.270 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1021 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.835 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1020 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.631 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1019 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 4.334 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1018 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.270 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1016 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.661 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1016 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.235 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1016 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.653 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1016 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.647 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1016 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 4.811 km WSW of Parang, Philippines · 1015 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 5.256 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1011 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.245 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 1009 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.45 km W of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1007 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 4.569 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 1005 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 4.420 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 4.43 km NNE of Cortes, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 4.238 km E of Marihatag, Philippines · 1003 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 4.41 km WSW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 1000 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 4.021 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 997 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 4.541 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 991 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 4.469 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 984 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 4.66 km WNW of Buenavista, Philippines · 981 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 4.317 km NNW of San Miguel, Philippines · 974 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 4.650 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 973 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 4.82 km NE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 970 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 4.38 km SW of Bacolod, Philippines · 969 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 5.10 km W of Bacolod, Philippines · 966 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
  29. 5.046 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 965 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 4.564 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 965 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 4.729 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 965 days ago · 64 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 4.448 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 964 days ago · 107 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 5.054 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1022 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.879 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1023 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.635 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1023 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.72 km SSW of Carmen, Philippines · 1023 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.823 km ESE of Socorro, Philippines · 1023 days ago · 85 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 4.264 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1024 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 4.449 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1024 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.717 km NNE of Cagdianao, Philippines · 1024 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 4.353 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 1024 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 4.336 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 1024 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 4.527 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 1024 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.626 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1024 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 4.259 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 1025 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.236 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1025 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.634 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 1025 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 4.442 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 1025 days ago · 43 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 4.337 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 1025 days ago · 58 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 4.50 km N of Parang, Philippines · 1025 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 4.462 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 1025 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 4.743 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 1025 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000libk. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:40 AM UTC.