M4.6 earthquake 28 km E of Lamitan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 28 km E of Lamitan, Philippines on Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 2:15 PM GMT+8 (06:15 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 72 km SSE 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-30 06:15:50 UTC
- Depth
- 135.1 km (83.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.082° N, 125.960° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.899 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 757 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.664 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 752 days ago · 114 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.291 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 745 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.543 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 728 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.762 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 727 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.062 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 726 days ago · 168 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.418 km SW of San Remigio, Philippines · 725 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.521 km W of Sigaboy, Philippines · 723 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.972 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 719 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.355 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 719 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.625 km E of Mangili, Philippines · 713 days ago · 147 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.576 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 708 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.683 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 703 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.619 km E of Lapuan, Philippines · 765 days ago · 142 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.988 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 769 days ago · 128 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.43 km NW of Caburan, Philippines · 770 days ago · 92 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.220 km E of Mangili, Philippines · 781 days ago · 156 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.899 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 781 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nnmk. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.