Philippines earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 36 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 36 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines on Fri, Oct 4, 2024, 10:48 PM GMT+8 (14:48 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 49 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2024-10-04 14:48:06 UTC
Depth
39.5 km (24.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.963° N, 126.417° E
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 12.0 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
43

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.341 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 726 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 4.933 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 725 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.516 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 725 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.7133 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 701 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.617 km NW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 691 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.646 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 673 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.542 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 673 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 5.049 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 673 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.256 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 673 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.919 km N of Dinagat, Philippines · 672 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.314 km NNE of Claver, Philippines · 668 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 4.536 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 729 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.962 km E of Union, Philippines · 744 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nwjp. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC.