Philippines earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 33 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 33 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines on Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 7:32 AM GMT+8 (23:32 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 65 km S of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-10-15 23:32:47 UTC
Depth
46.6 km (28.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
5.117° N, 125.359° E
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.8 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
101°
Stations used
102

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.760 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 351 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.388 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 336 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 4.299 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 334 days ago · 146 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.850 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 333 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 5.365 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 333 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  6. 5.141 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 333 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 4.682 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 333 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.847 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 333 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.333 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 332 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 4.754 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 331 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.362 km SSW of Lumatil, Philippines · 322 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.429 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 314 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.3103 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 313 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.549 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 309 days ago · 107 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 4.381 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 294 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away

Before

  1. 4.9101 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 362 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rhe7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC.