Philippines earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 121 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 121 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Tue, Jan 9, 2024, 9:08 AM GMT+8 (01:08 UTC), 97 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 121 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-09 01:08:41 UTC
Depth
97.4 km (60.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
4.712° N, 126.312° E
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.3 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1118 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 997 days ago · 97 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 5.0121 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 994 days ago · 44 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.2119 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 993 days ago · 67 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.5101 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 992 days ago · 92 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 5.0120 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 991 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 5.0102 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 978 days ago · 164 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 4.536 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 978 days ago · 182 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.4149 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 977 days ago · 143 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.4153 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 974 days ago · 97 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 4.488 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 974 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.5191 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 962 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.7163 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 951 days ago · 136 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.4116 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 941 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 4.761 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 939 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.2121 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 997 days ago · 63 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.1123 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 997 days ago · 92 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.591 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 997 days ago · 83 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.298 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 997 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 6.793 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 997 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 24 · tsunami flag
  6. 4.7201 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 1011 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.971 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 1012 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 4.3201 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 1020 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m2mj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC.