M4.4 earthquake 39 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 39 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines on Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 6:49 AM GMT+8 (22:49 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 76 km ENE of Bacolod, 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
- 2025-07-22 22:49:24 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.427° N, 126.518° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 36
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
- 4.83 km SSW of Tago, Philippines · 433 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.33 km NNW of Tago, Philippines · 425 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.760 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 425 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.815 km NE of Gamut, Philippines · 400 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.033 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 392 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.516 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 392 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.176 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 389 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qu9b. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.