M4.2 earthquake 5 km WNW of Pilar, Philippines
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Pilar, Philippines on Wed, Feb 19, 2025, 8:15 PM GMT+8 (12:15 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-19 12:15:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.887° N, 126.054° 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 15.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 24
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.316 km NW of Loreto, Philippines · 582 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.822 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 564 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 4.214 km W of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines · 552 days ago · 98 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.341 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 551 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.47 km NNW of Socorro, Philippines · 547 days ago · 87 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.426 km SE of Union, Philippines · 545 days ago · 98 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.451 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 542 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pvut. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC.