M4.5 earthquake 188 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 188 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Thu, Aug 7, 2025, 11:47 AM GMT+8 (03:47 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 237 km SE of Sarangani, 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
- 2025-08-07 03:47:04 UTC
- Depth
- 50.3 km (31.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.214° N, 126.685° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- Stations used
- 28
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2195 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 400 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.5245 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 393 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.8237 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 380 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.5254 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 376 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.3182 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 428 days ago · 59 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1247 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 428 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5246 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 429 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2231 km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 431 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5182 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 447 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4244 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 452 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qyse. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:26 AM UTC.