M4.3 earthquake 9 km SSW of Batiano, Philippines
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Batiano, Philippines on Sun, Apr 14, 2024, 8:37 PM GMT+8 (12:37 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 62 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-14 12:37:24 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.481° N, 126.452° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.433 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines · 897 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.963 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 897 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.413 km SE of Santa Maria, Philippines · 897 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.519 km NNE of Barcelona, Philippines · 894 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.470 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 893 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.767 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines · 893 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.062 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines · 892 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.468 km E of Baculin, Philippines · 891 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.63 km ESE of Bantacan, Philippines · 873 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.349 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 869 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.44 km WNW of Loyola, Philippines · 864 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.449 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines · 855 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.224 km ENE of Santiago, Philippines · 853 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 5.25 km NE of Bantacan, Philippines · 906 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 19
- 4.36 km SE of Bislig, Philippines · 907 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.923 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines · 916 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 4.221 km NNE of Barcelona, Philippines · 924 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
Earthquakes todayPhilippines earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mdvq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:04 PM UTC.