Philippines earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 33 km ESE of Union, Philippines

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 33 km ESE of Union, Philippines on Thu, Sep 4, 2025, 6:45 AM GMT+8 (22:45 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 3 km ESE of Bacolod, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-09-03 22:45:45 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.644° N, 126.390° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
165

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.516 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 392 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 5.176 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 389 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 4.466 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 382 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.718 km SSE of Union, Philippines · 371 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 4.629 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 362 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.953 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 362 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 4.945 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 359 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 6.03 km ESE of Bacolod, Philippines · 355 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 37
  9. 4.43 km SE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 351 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 6.03 km N of Union, Philippines · 349 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 28
  11. 4.54 km S of Pilar, Philippines · 349 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.616 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 349 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.511 km SSE of Union, Philippines · 349 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.225 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 349 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 4.510 km ENE of Union, Philippines · 349 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.568 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 349 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 4.87 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 349 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  18. 5.416 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 348 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 15
  19. 4.550 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 347 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 4.519 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 339 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 4.516 km NE of Bacolod, Philippines · 337 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 4.411 km ENE of Cagdianao, Philippines · 392 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.719 km WNW of San Benito, Philippines · 398 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qtmw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC.