M4.6 earthquake 26 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 26 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines on Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 3:52 AM GMT+8 (19:52 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 35 km SSW of Sarangani, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-12 19:52:14 UTC
- Depth
- 81.0 km (50.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.501° N, 125.126° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.614 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 983 days ago · 191 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.536 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 978 days ago · 182 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.331 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 968 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.623 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 964 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.935 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 961 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.71 km NNW of Caburan, Philippines · 941 days ago · 189 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m4pc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC.