M4.4 earthquake 21 km ENE of Lapuan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 21 km ENE of Lapuan, Philippines on Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 12:30 PM GMT+8 (04:30 UTC), 125 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 53 km SE of Bobon, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-15 04:30:48 UTC
- Depth
- 125.5 km (78.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.225° N, 125.879° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.384 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 279 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.16 km NW of Kalbay, Philippines · 268 days ago · 152 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.653 km SE of Bobon, Philippines · 259 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.52 km WSW of Luzon, Philippines · 256 days ago · 89 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.56 km NE of Sarangani, Philippines · 251 days ago · 199 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.666 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 251 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.58 km E of Kalian, Philippines · 245 days ago · 86 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.311 km ENE of Talisay, Philippines · 236 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.583 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 293 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.463 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 308 days ago · 151 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.43 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 311 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 8
- 4.429 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 314 days ago · 95 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.61 km W of Santa Maria, Philippines · 314 days ago · 213 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.50 km S of Tiblawan, Philippines · 320 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ruxf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.