M4.3 earthquake 20 km NE of Hernani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 20 km NE of Hernani, Philippines on Sat, Feb 15, 2025, 4:55 PM GMT+8 (08:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 13 km ENE of Llorente, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-15 08:55:30 UTC
- Depth
- 9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 11.452° N, 125.759° 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 14.2 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 26
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.713 km ENE of Llorente, Philippines · 593 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.29 km ENE of Llorente, Philippines · 591 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.639 km NE of Hernani, Philippines · 587 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.628 km SW of Guiuan, Philippines · 581 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.510 km NE of Hernani, Philippines · 570 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.129 km NNW of Loreto, Philippines · 536 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 5.026 km NE of Hernani, Philippines · 594 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 7
- 4.513 km E of Hernani, Philippines · 595 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.423 km NE of Hernani, Philippines · 595 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.326 km ENE of Llorente, Philippines · 595 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 4.55 km SE of Can-Avid, Philippines · 597 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.635 km N of Loreto, Philippines · 617 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pf9x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC.