M4.6 earthquake 70 km SE of Bobon, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 70 km SE of Bobon, Philippines on Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 9:03 PM GMT+8 (13:03 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 23 km S of Pondaguitan, 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
- 2024-10-30 13:03:53 UTC
- Depth
- 113.4 km (70.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.456° N, 126.810° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.186 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 697 days ago · 188 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.589 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 689 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.123 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 682 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 4.523 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines · 679 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.345 km ENE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 654 days ago · 136 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.8127 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 651 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9130 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 650 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.63 km S of Nangan, Philippines · 645 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.683 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 704 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 4.576 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 709 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.972 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 721 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.062 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 728 days ago · 168 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000np03. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC.