Philippines earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 77 km E of Sarangani, Philippines

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 77 km E of Sarangani, Philippines on Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 12:05 PM GMT+8 (04:05 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 62 km E of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2025-04-09 04:05:01 UTC
Depth
78.0 km (48.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
5.448° N, 126.160° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
111°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5104 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 533 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.688 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 533 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.383 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 530 days ago · 107 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.274 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 519 days ago · 124 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 4.4114 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 518 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.962 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 517 days ago · 96 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.393 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 516 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.431 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 505 days ago · 146 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.961 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 493 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 4.261 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 490 days ago · 93 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 4.4155 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 490 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 4.383 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 540 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.476 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 549 days ago · 101 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 4.2115 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 550 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.3160 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 556 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.564 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 562 days ago · 129 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000puhj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC.