M4.2 earthquake 161 km S of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 161 km S of Sarangani, Philippines on Sat, Jan 6, 2024, 7:02 PM GMT+8 (11:02 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 120 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-06 11:02:38 UTC
- Depth
- 93.1 km (57.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 3.960° N, 125.260° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 26
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0120 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 993 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.0102 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 981 days ago · 164 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4149 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 980 days ago · 143 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.399 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 971 days ago · 186 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0206 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 960 days ago · 310 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7163 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 954 days ago · 136 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m3yv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.