M4.6 earthquake 3 km ESE of Bantacan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Bantacan, Philippines on Tue, May 14, 2024, 2:26 AM GMT+8 (18:26 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 50 km ENE of Baganga, 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
- 2024-05-13 18:26:10 UTC
- Depth
- 15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.587° N, 126.158° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.6 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.44 km WNW of Loyola, Philippines · 863 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.449 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines · 855 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.224 km ENE of Santiago, Philippines · 853 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.348 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines · 819 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.050 km ENE of Baganga, Philippines · 819 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.44 km NW of Hinatuan, Philippines · 817 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.330 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines · 813 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 4.519 km NNE of Barcelona, Philippines · 893 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.413 km SE of Santa Maria, Philippines · 896 days ago · 91 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.433 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines · 897 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.39 km SSW of Batiano, Philippines · 902 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mybt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC.