M4.5 earthquake 4 km E of Carrascal, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 4 km E of Carrascal, Philippines on Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 8:30 PM GMT+8 (12:30 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-03-22 12:30:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.370° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.625 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 175 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.58 km N of Gigaquit, Philippines · 167 days ago · 120 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 4.33 km N of Salvacion, Philippines · 157 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.020 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 155 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 4.212 km WNW of Gamut, Philippines · 151 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.710 km W of San Benito, Philippines · 134 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.52 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines · 199 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.945 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 204 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.65 km SW of Carmen, Philippines · 210 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.67 km W of Bacolod, Philippines · 216 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000s9ed. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC.