Philippines earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 4 km SSE of Lanuza, Philippines

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Lanuza, Philippines on Tue, Dec 9, 2025, 7:06 PM GMT+8 (11:06 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 31 km E of Cortes, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-12-09 11:06:36 UTC
Depth
102.6 km (63.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
9.199° N, 126.085° E
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 11.1 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.55 km E of Borbon, Philippines · 295 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.468 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 294 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.315 km E of Socorro, Philippines · 274 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.33 km ENE of Socorro, Philippines · 271 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.416 km ENE of Union, Philippines · 268 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.54 km S of Marihatag, Philippines · 265 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.411 km WNW of San Benito, Philippines · 264 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.813 km W of San Benito, Philippines · 262 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.510 km W of Buenavista, Philippines · 254 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.38 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 4.316 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 250 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 5.031 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 239 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 4.54 km NNE of Bacolod, Philippines · 304 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.550 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 317 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rmku. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:33 AM UTC.