M4.5 earthquake 2 km WSW of Luzon, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Luzon, Philippines on Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 5:50 AM GMT+8 (21:50 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 80 km E of Pondaguitan, 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
- 2026-01-19 21:50:33 UTC
- Depth
- 89.0 km (55.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.509° N, 126.077° 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 13.2 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.58 km E of Kalian, Philippines · 245 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.311 km ENE of Talisay, Philippines · 236 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.680 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 230 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.436 km SE of Tarragona, Philippines · 216 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.326 km ENE of Nangan, Philippines · 213 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.335 km SSW of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 209 days ago · 145 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.42 km NNW of Manay, Philippines · 199 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.653 km SE of Bobon, Philippines · 258 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.724 km WSW of San Pedro, Philippines · 263 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.133 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines · 266 days ago · 175 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.575 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 275 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s6gw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.