Philippines earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 4 km WSW of Bigaan, Philippines

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Bigaan, Philippines on Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 6:35 AM GMT+8 (22:35 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 36 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-03-19 22:35:23 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
8.305° N, 126.243° E
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 8.8 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.526 km ENE of Baganga, Philippines · 558 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.214 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines · 558 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.428 km NE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 556 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.69 km NNE of Gamut, Philippines · 553 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.449 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 528 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.478 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 516 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 4.413 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 513 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.836 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 513 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 4.212 km NNE of Los Arcos, Philippines · 501 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 4.55 km NE of Marihatag, Philippines · 562 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.942 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines · 563 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
  3. 4.210 km NE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 564 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.522 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 565 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.243 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines · 568 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.511 km E of Baganga, Philippines · 571 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.75 km SSE of Gamut, Philippines · 571 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 4.42 km NE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 572 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 5.028 km NE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 579 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.428 km NE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 580 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pn4j. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC.