M4.6 earthquake 45 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 45 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines on Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 11:32 AM GMT+8 (03:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 45 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
- 2026-02-17 03:32:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.371° N, 126.591° 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 13.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.75 km S of Union, Philippines · 225 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 4.67 km W of Bacolod, Philippines · 217 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.65 km SW of Carmen, Philippines · 211 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.945 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 205 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 4.52 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines · 200 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.54 km E of Carrascal, Philippines · 194 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.625 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 176 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 5.031 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 240 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.222 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 243 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.316 km ESE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 252 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.38 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 254 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.510 km W of Buenavista, Philippines · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000s1r0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:57 PM UTC.