M4.8 earthquake 43 km SW of Burias, Philippines
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 43 km SW of Burias, Philippines on Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 11:47 PM GMT+8 (15:47 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 66 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-28 15:47:44 UTC
- Depth
- 65.7 km (40.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 5.463° N, 124.955° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.4 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 121
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.066 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 760 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.482 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 760 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.717 km S of Malbang, Philippines · 755 days ago · 81 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 4.439 km SW of Balangonan, Philippines · 751 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.146 km SSW of Kiamba, Philippines · 738 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.360 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 714 days ago · 222 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nn86. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.