M4.9 earthquake 0 km SSE of Caburan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 0 km SSE of Caburan, Philippines on Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 2:43 AM GMT+8 (18:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 39 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-27 18:43:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 5.914° N, 125.644° 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 III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 84
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 8 since this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.514 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 36 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.233 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 35 days ago · 155 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.356 km ESE of Kalbay, Philippines · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.44 km ENE of Baliton, Philippines · 34 days ago · 91 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.367 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 33 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.239 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 32 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 11
- 4.47 km WNW of Kalbay, Philippines · 29 days ago · 80 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.221 km ENE of Lais, Philippines · 10 days ago · 150 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.216 km SW of Balangonan, Philippines · 39 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.818 km W of Sarangani, Philippines · 40 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.756 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 40 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.820 km SSW of Balangonan, Philippines · 45 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 4.524 km SW of Balangonan, Philippines · 45 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.460 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 48 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.469 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 48 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.411 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 49 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.425 km E of Lamitan, Philippines · 50 days ago · 161 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.928 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines · 50 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 5.312 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 50 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 5.119 km ENE of Lapuan, Philippines · 51 days ago · 93 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 12
- 4.533 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 52 days ago · 150 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.237 km WSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 55 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.529 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 55 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.538 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 56 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.610 km SW of Caburan, Philippines · 56 days ago · 143 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.435 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 58 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.835 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 58 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.433 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 58 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000tcdu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC.