M4.7 earthquake 276 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 276 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines on Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 11:47 AM GMT+8 (03:47 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 256 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (Mww, W-phase moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-18 03:47:33 UTC
- Depth
- 130.0 km (80.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 4.266° N, 127.682° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 93
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3238 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 376 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5254 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 376 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7204 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 365 days ago · 143 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4208 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 343 days ago · 135 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.1256 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 326 days ago · 123 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qwva. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC.