Philippines earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 51 km ESE of Union, Philippines

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 51 km ESE of Union, Philippines on Mon, Apr 7, 2025, 5:19 PM GMT+8 (09:19 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 105 km E of Cortes, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-07 09:19:38 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.597° N, 126.552° 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 12.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
161°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.449 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 528 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.2104 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 510 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.5105 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 507 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.533 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 500 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.233 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines · 499 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 4.426 km SE of Union, Philippines · 545 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.47 km NNW of Socorro, Philippines · 547 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.664 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 551 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 4.341 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 552 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.214 km W of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines · 552 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.55 km NE of Marihatag, Philippines · 562 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.822 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 564 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.522 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 565 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.75 km SSE of Gamut, Philippines · 571 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q6tc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:48 AM UTC.