M4.7 earthquake 14 km NE of Pilar, Philippines
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 14 km NE of Pilar, Philippines on Mon, Feb 12, 2024, 11:31 PM GMT+8 (15:31 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 3 km ESE of Tandag, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-12 15:31:23 UTC
- Depth
- 45.5 km (28.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.944° N, 126.206° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.5 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 101
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.89 km ESE of Mabahin, Philippines · 961 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.57 km NW of Gamut, Philippines · 960 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.512 km W of Panikian, Philippines · 956 days ago · 127 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.43 km NNW of Pilar, Philippines · 956 days ago · 56 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.93 km ESE of Tandag, Philippines · 952 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 4.56 km WSW of Buenavista, Philippines · 932 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.514 km NE of Carrascal, Philippines · 929 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.45 km ENE of Cagdianao, Philippines · 919 days ago · 82 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 5.364 km E of Union, Philippines · 963 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 4.32 km SSW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 963 days ago · 71 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.448 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 967 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.729 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 967 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.66 km WNW of Buenavista, Philippines · 983 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lypi. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC.