M4.5 earthquake 9 km NNW of Salcedo, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Salcedo, Philippines on Sat, Jan 20, 2024, 4:21 AM GMT+8 (20:21 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 9 km ENE of Sulat, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-19 20:21:51 UTC
- Depth
- 68.5 km (42.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 11.229° N, 125.632° 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 11.9 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.745 km ENE of Salcedo, Philippines · 987 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.32 km S of Tabontabon, Philippines · 981 days ago · 208 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.99 km ENE of Sulat, Philippines · 964 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 4.515 km SE of Tutubigan, Philippines · 953 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.515 km SE of Dolores, Philippines · 931 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ltz0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC.