M4.3 earthquake 81 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 81 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Fri, Dec 12, 2025, 7:45 PM GMT+8 (11:45 UTC), 76 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 66 km E 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-12 11:45:10 UTC
- Depth
- 76.5 km (47.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 4.965° N, 126.051° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.583 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 292 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4153 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 287 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.384 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 279 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.294 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 279 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4168 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 257 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.56 km NE of Sarangani, Philippines · 251 days ago · 199 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.666 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 251 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.537 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 251 days ago · 177 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.4157 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 236 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 4.463 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 307 days ago · 151 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.549 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 309 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4121 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 312 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.3103 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 313 days ago · 87 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4138 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 313 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4135 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 313 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.429 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 314 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.7129 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 314 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.4141 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 314 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rmyx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC.