M4.2 earthquake 269 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 269 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines on Fri, Dec 20, 2024, 10:27 AM GMT+8 (02:27 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 217 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-20 02:27:37 UTC
- Depth
- 43.1 km (26.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.522° N, 127.767° 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 14.5 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4210 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 643 days ago · 123 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5183 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 627 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3198 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 624 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6217 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 604 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3211 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 601 days ago · 113 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2181 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 596 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000phi2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.