M4.6 earthquake 18 km SSE of Union, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of Union, Philippines on Wed, Jan 22, 2025, 9:33 PM GMT+8 (13:33 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 22 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-22 13:33:26 UTC
- Depth
- 82.3 km (51.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 9.604° N, 126.180° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.3 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 92
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.27 km WNW of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines · 606 days ago · 105 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.25 km WNW of Pilar, Philippines · 588 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.42 km NE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 572 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.75 km SSE of Gamut, Philippines · 570 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.522 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 564 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.822 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 564 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.55 km NE of Marihatag, Philippines · 561 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000plkt. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.