M4.3 earthquake 16 km NW of Loreto, Philippines
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 16 km NW of Loreto, Philippines on Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 12:29 AM GMT+8 (16:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 22 km NNW of Santa Monica, 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
- 2025-02-25 16:29:02 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.448° N, 125.452° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.628 km SW of Guiuan, Philippines · 581 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.822 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 565 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.214 km W of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines · 554 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.129 km NNW of Loreto, Philippines · 536 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000px7t. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:36 AM UTC.