M4.6 earthquake 5 km SW of Carmen, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Carmen, Philippines on Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 7:25 AM GMT+8 (23:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 20 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-03-05 23:25:11 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.185° N, 125.987° E
- Region
- Philippines
- 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 12.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.945 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 205 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.52 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines · 201 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.54 km E of Carrascal, Philippines · 195 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.625 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 177 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.58 km N of Gigaquit, Philippines · 169 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.33 km N of Salvacion, Philippines · 159 days ago · 93 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.020 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 157 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.212 km WNW of Gamut, Philippines · 153 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 4.67 km W of Bacolod, Philippines · 218 days ago · 79 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.75 km S of Union, Philippines · 226 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 4.645 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 228 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.00 km NNE of Dinagat, Philippines · 240 days ago · 163 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.031 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 241 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000s2dy. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC.