M4.6 earthquake 3 km N of Dapa, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 3 km N of Dapa, Philippines on Tue, Jan 7, 2025, 5:18 PM GMT+8 (09:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 7 km SSW of Tubajon, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-07 09:18:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.789° N, 126.051° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.44 km SSW of Tubajon, Philippines · 623 days ago · 150 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.116 km NW of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines · 623 days ago · 121 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.618 km SSE of Union, Philippines · 616 days ago · 82 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
- 4.27 km WNW of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines · 606 days ago · 105 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.07 km SSW of Tubajon, Philippines · 605 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.25 km WNW of Pilar, Philippines · 588 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.316 km NW of Loreto, Philippines · 582 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pidf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.