M4.5 earthquake 2 km ENE of Lapinigan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Lapinigan, Philippines on Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 3:57 PM GMT+8 (07:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 20 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-10-19 07:57:30 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.432° N, 126.001° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.550 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 347 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.020 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines · 342 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 4.519 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 339 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.516 km NE of Bacolod, Philippines · 338 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.54 km NNE of Bacolod, Philippines · 304 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.44 km SSE of Lanuza, Philippines · 296 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.55 km E of Borbon, Philippines · 295 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rm58. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC.