M4.2 earthquake 104 km E of Cortes, Philippines
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 104 km E of Cortes, Philippines on Sat, May 10, 2025, 4:58 AM GMT+8 (20:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 105 km E of Cortes, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-09 20:58:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.371° N, 127.137° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5105 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 507 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.533 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 499 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.233 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines · 499 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.364 km E of Union, Philippines · 473 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.377 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 466 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.460 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 465 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000q14c. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.