Philippines earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 3 km WSW of Baliton, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Baliton, Philippines on Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 2:57 PM GMT+8 (06:57 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.5 44 km SW of Balangonan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 2:57 PM GMT+8
UTC: 2026-06-18 06:57:36 UTC
Depth: 91.4 km (56.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 5.736° N, 125.201° E
Region: Philippines
Felt reports: 4
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.1	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.089 · 12 stations
5.1	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS, automatic first solution	First automatic solution · Preliminary

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 8.4 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 59°
Stations used: 100

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 146.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000su9f (also filed as usauto7000su9f). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:17 AM UTC.