M4.2 earthquake 217 km S of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 217 km S of Sarangani, Philippines on Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 4:34 PM GMT+8 (08:34 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 232 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
- 2024-07-30 08:34:45 UTC
- Depth
- 133.0 km (82.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 3.443° N, 125.620° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2219 km NE of Bitung, Indonesia · 780 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4232 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 779 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000n76v. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC.