M4.5 earthquake 68 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 68 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines on Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:45 AM GMT+8 (01:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 6 km E of Pangyan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-07-15 01:45:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 5.595° N, 126.168° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 11.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.532 km SE of Kalbay, Philippines · 70 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.36 km E of Pangyan, Philippines · 67 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 4.612 km SW of Balangonan, Philippines · 66 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.16 km NW of Sugal, Philippines · 63 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 5.04 km NNE of Balangonan, Philippines · 63 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 4.468 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 59 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.216 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 58 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.313 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 56 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.05 km NNE of Balangonan, Philippines · 55 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 11
- 4.5113 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 53 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.318 km W of Sarangani, Philippines · 52 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.511 km WSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 51 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5133 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 49 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.230 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 49 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
- 4.6117 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 49 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.672 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 49 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.930 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 49 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.59 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.433 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3124 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.419 km NE of Sarangani, Philippines · 48 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.345 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.435 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.399 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.610 km SW of Caburan, Philippines · 46 days ago · 143 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.529 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 45 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.533 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 42 days ago · 150 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.119 km ENE of Lapuan, Philippines · 41 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 12
- 5.312 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 40 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 4.423 km E of Lapuan, Philippines · 40 days ago · 150 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.411 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 39 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.469 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 38 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.460 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.494 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 36 days ago · 114 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.878 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.756 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 30 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.818 km W of Sarangani, Philippines · 30 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.95 km NW of Culaman, Philippines · 26 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 4.514 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 26 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.233 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 25 days ago · 155 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.356 km ESE of Kalbay, Philippines · 24 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.244 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 21 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 11
- 4.2128 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 19 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.47 km WNW of Kalbay, Philippines · 19 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.53 km SSE of Balangonan, Philippines · 70 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.26 km NW of Nuing, Philippines · 70 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 11
- 4.483 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 71 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.634 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 71 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.03 km WNW of Nuing, Philippines · 71 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.34 km ESE of Sugal, Philippines · 71 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.435 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 73 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 4.429 km E of Mangili, Philippines · 74 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.45 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 74 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.521 km E of Lamitan, Philippines · 75 days ago · 144 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.37 km NNW of Balangonan, Philippines · 78 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.279 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 78 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.49 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines · 81 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.014 km SSW of Balangonan, Philippines · 81 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 4.915 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 82 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.446 km SE of Caburan, Philippines · 84 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.96 km SE of Pangyan, Philippines · 84 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 4.54 km S of Pangyan, Philippines · 86 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4100 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 88 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.73 km NNW of Nuing, Philippines · 88 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000t272. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC.