M5.5 earthquake 105 km E of Barcelona, Philippines
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 105 km E of Barcelona, Philippines on Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 11:09 PM GMT+8 (15:09 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-12 15:09:44 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.311° N, 127.381° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 1
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 1.4% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.0 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
| Range | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
| Range, million USD | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.5 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 163°, dip 36°, rake -92°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 345°, dip 54°, rake -89°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 23°
- Stations used
- 236
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4102 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 567 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.243 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 567 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.942 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines · 562 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
- 4.660 km E of Baganga, Philippines · 558 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.526 km ENE of Baganga, Philippines · 558 days ago · 77 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.428 km NE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 555 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1158 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 543 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.596 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 542 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2140 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines · 520 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.478 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 515 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.413 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 512 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.836 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 512 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pybu (also filed as usauto6000pybu, pt25071002). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.