M4.4 earthquake 253 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 253 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines on Wed, Sep 18, 2024, 1:48 PM GMT+8 (05:48 UTC), 147 km (91 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 237 km SE 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
- 2024-09-18 05:48:06 UTC
- Depth
- 147.0 km (91.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 4.627° N, 127.677° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4280 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 738 days ago · 108 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.6237 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 703 days ago · 111 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ntat. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC.