M4.4 earthquake 26 km SW of Burias, Philippines
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 26 km SW of Burias, Philippines on Wed, Jan 3, 2024, 8:59 PM GMT+8 (12:59 UTC), 79 km (49 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-03 12:59:19 UTC
- Depth
- 79.5 km (49.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.548° N, 125.091° 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 3.3 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.132 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 996 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.626 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines · 993 days ago · 81 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.614 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 983 days ago · 191 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.536 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 978 days ago · 182 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.331 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 968 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.623 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 964 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.935 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 962 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m3bn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC.