M4.4 earthquake 235 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 235 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines on Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 7:35 AM GMT+8 (23:35 UTC), 56 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 158 km SE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-27 23:35:53 UTC
- Depth
- 55.5 km (34.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.599° N, 126.591° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 29
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2183 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 861 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3203 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 843 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.8158 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 841 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 5.6180 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 838 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1181 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 837 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.3156 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 890 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.0237 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 903 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6190 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 904 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3246 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 905 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3187 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 907 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mw57. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.