M5.3 earthquake 67 km SE of Caburan, Philippines
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 67 km SE of Caburan, Philippines on Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 1:08 PM GMT+8 (05:08 UTC), 138 km (86 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2025-08-12 05:08:31 UTC
- Depth
- 137.9 km (85.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 5.579° N, 126.145° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 2
- 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 · ±0.061 · 26 stations |
| 5.4 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Confirmed |
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, 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 342°, dip 82°, rake 53°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 242°, dip 37°, rake 167°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.1 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 26°
- Stations used
- 153
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1101 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 414 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.422 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 414 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.233 km ESE of Lamitan, Philippines · 407 days ago · 152 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.349 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 405 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.637 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 388 days ago · 163 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2101 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 383 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.098 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 379 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.338 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 376 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.625 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 367 days ago · 120 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.993 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 359 days ago · 95 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 5.152 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 418 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 4.466 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 433 days ago · 105 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.58 km WSW of Tiblawan, Philippines · 435 days ago · 135 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.333 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 444 days ago · 182 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000r00x (also filed as usauto6000r00x). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC.