M4.5 earthquake 20 km W of Surup, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 20 km W of Surup, Philippines on Thu, Mar 7, 2024, 6:14 PM GMT+8 (10:14 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 17 km ENE of Malita, 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
- 2024-03-07 10:14:58 UTC
- Depth
- 77.8 km (48.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.362° N, 125.961° E
- Region
- Philippines
- 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.7 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.617 km ENE of Malita, Philippines · 932 days ago · 152 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.44 km SW of Luzon, Philippines · 928 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.283 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 913 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.65 km NW of Nuing, Philippines · 910 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.178 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 906 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.461 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 885 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.552 km ENE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 879 days ago · 125 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.71 km NNW of Caburan, Philippines · 940 days ago · 189 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.18 km SSE of Samal, Philippines · 958 days ago · 536 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.415 km WSW of Sigaboy, Philippines · 962 days ago · 75 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.623 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 964 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.623 km W of Magdug, Philippines · 967 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.331 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 968 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m3us. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.