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M5.2 earthquake 62 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 62 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines on Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 1:39 PM GMT+8 (05:39 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 1:39 PM GMT+8
UTC: 2024-08-06 05:39:25 UTC
Depth: 36.6 km (22.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 7.756° N, 127.108° E
Region: Philippines
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.2	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.075 · 17 stations
5.3	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS, automatic first solution	First automatic solution · Preliminary

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 5.2 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 15°, dip 57°, rake 106°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 167°, dip 37°, rake 67°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 8.9 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 106°
Stations used: 65

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000niay (also filed as usauto6000niay). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.