Philippines earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 15 km NE of Gamut, Philippines

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 15 km NE of Gamut, Philippines on Wed, Aug 27, 2025, 3:45 AM GMT+8 (19:45 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 3 km ESE of Bacolod, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-08-26 19:45:47 UTC
Depth
74.7 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
8.623° N, 126.353° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.5 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
110

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.176 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 390 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.46 km ENE of Cateel, Philippines · 379 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.552 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines · 379 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.629 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 363 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 6.03 km ESE of Bacolod, Philippines · 356 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 37
  6. 4.791 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 355 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.462 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines · 355 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  8. 5.416 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 349 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 15
  9. 4.52 km ENE of Lapinigan, Philippines · 348 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.550 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 348 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 5.020 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines · 343 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 4.760 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 426 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.33 km NNW of Tago, Philippines · 426 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qr66. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.