Philippines earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 19 km WSW of Luzon, Philippines

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Luzon, Philippines on Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 4:45 PM GMT+8 (08:45 UTC), 151 km (94 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 77 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-04-18 08:45:47 UTC
Depth
150.9 km (93.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
6.472° N, 125.924° E
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 12.3 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.677 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 145 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.270 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 125 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.456 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 125 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 4.650 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 125 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.66 km SE of Mati, Philippines · 123 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.336 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 119 days ago · 142 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.566 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 116 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.567 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 109 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.728 km SW of Surup, Philippines · 176 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.55 km SW of Pangian, Philippines · 178 days ago · 192 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.613 km SE of Kalbay, Philippines · 188 days ago · 205 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000sggu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC.