M4.4 earthquake 53 km E of Marihatag, Philippines
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 53 km E of Marihatag, Philippines on Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 3:32 PM GMT+8 (07:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 3 km ESE of Borbon, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-18 07:32:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.752° N, 126.777° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 20
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.33 km ESE of Borbon, Philippines · 643 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 15
- 4.912 km SSE of Lapinigan, Philippines · 643 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 4.776 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 643 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.686 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 638 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.830 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 629 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 4.434 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.486 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 601 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.536 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 653 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.949 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines · 666 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.256 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 673 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.049 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 673 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000phgv. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC.