Philippines earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 0 km W of Bacolod, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 0 km W of Bacolod, Philippines on Tue, Feb 6, 2024, 10:37 PM GMT+8 (14:37 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 8 km W of Esperanza, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mww), moderate
Local time
UTC
2024-02-06 14:37:56 UTC
Depth
52.3 km (32.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
8.932° N, 126.282° E
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
5.1 Mww
Nodal plane 1
Strike 301°, dip 28°, rake -114°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 148°, dip 65°, rake -78°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.2 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
53°
Stations used
212

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lxbl. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC.