M4.4 earthquake 68 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 68 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines on Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 4:56 PM GMT+8 (08:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 68 km E of Marihatag, 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
- 2025-12-11 08:56:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.126° N, 126.885° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 19
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.268 km E of Marihatag, Philippines · 289 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.470 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 288 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.54 km S of Marihatag, Philippines · 268 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.510 km W of Buenavista, Philippines · 256 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.38 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.316 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 253 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.031 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 241 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rmv6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:50 PM UTC.