M5.2 earthquake 131 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 131 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines on Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 1:23 AM GMT+8 (17:23 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-14 17:23:01 UTC
- Depth
- 67.0 km (41.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 5.671° N, 127.141° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.103 · 9 stations |
| 5.3 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
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From the USGS event page for us6000s98c. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.0 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 24°
- Stations used
- 211
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7132 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 227 days ago · 114 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1143 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 225 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.388 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 224 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.079 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 211 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4114 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 201 days ago · 93 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1100 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 197 days ago · 123 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2108 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 187 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2204 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 182 days ago · 133 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.680 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 233 days ago · 116 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4157 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 239 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.3212 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 247 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.3164 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 250 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7139 km ESE of Tarragona, Philippines · 262 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s98c (also filed as usauto6000s98c). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC.