M5.3 earthquake 31 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 31 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines on Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 4:36 PM GMT+8 (08:36 UTC), 54 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 127 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-06-17 08:36:25 UTC
- Depth
- 53.7 km (33.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.220° N, 126.716° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.062 · 25 stations |
| 5.3 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Confirmed |
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 5.3 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 33°, dip 64°, rake 120°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 161°, dip 39°, rake 44°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.4 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 116
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.316 km SE of Santa Maria, Philippines · 464 days ago · 86 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.32 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 461 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.128 km ENE of Gamut, Philippines · 455 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.4127 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 439 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7118 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 439 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.867 km E of Baganga, Philippines · 436 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.711 km NNE of Santa Maria, Philippines · 436 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.52 km W of San Luis, Philippines · 429 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.460 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 412 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.215 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines · 475 days ago · 90 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.611 km SSW of Bislig, Philippines · 478 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.316 km SW of Boston, Philippines · 478 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6124 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 479 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.579 km E of Baganga, Philippines · 481 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.126 km E of Baculin, Philippines · 483 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.312 km NNE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 490 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.233 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines · 500 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.533 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 500 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.212 km NNE of Los Arcos, Philippines · 501 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qks2 (also filed as usauto6000qks2). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.