M4.4 earthquake 4 km SW of Luzon, Philippines
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Luzon, Philippines on Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 2:15 PM GMT+8 (06:15 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 52 km ENE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-17 06:15:34 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.489° N, 126.065° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.178 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 907 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.461 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 885 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.552 km ENE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 880 days ago · 125 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.441 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 870 days ago · 105 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mka7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.