Philippines earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 35 km N of Loreto, Philippines

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 35 km N of Loreto, Philippines on Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 2:51 AM GMT+8 (18:51 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 26 km ENE of Llorente, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-01-23 18:51:46 UTC
Depth
17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
10.682° N, 125.536° 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 10.4 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
70

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.27 km WNW of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines · 608 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 5.07 km SSW of Tubajon, Philippines · 607 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 5.326 km ENE of Llorente, Philippines · 595 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  4. 4.423 km NE of Hernani, Philippines · 595 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.513 km E of Hernani, Philippines · 595 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 5.026 km NE of Hernani, Philippines · 594 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
  7. 4.320 km NE of Hernani, Philippines · 594 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.713 km ENE of Llorente, Philippines · 593 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.29 km ENE of Llorente, Philippines · 591 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.316 km NW of Loreto, Philippines · 584 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 4.628 km SW of Guiuan, Philippines · 581 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.510 km NE of Hernani, Philippines · 570 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 4.822 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 565 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 5.73 km NNW of San Francisco, Philippines · 618 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 30
  2. 4.116 km NW of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines · 624 days ago · 121 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.39 km WNW of Hinundayan, Philippines · 624 days ago · 136 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.44 km SSW of Tubajon, Philippines · 625 days ago · 150 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 4.58 km SSE of Silago, Philippines · 632 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000plwd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.