M4.9 earthquake 56 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 56 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines on Sat, Aug 8, 2026, 6:20 PM GMT+8 (10:20 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 12 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-08 10:20:47 UTC
- Depth
- 11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 5.088° N, 125.066° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 22 since this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.529 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 53 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.682 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 53 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.566 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 53 days ago · 155 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.237 km WSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 53 days ago · 93 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.644 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 52 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.312 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 48 days ago · 55 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 4.928 km WSW of Balangonan, Philippines · 48 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 4.549 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 47 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.411 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 47 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.064 km SSW of Tambilil, Philippines · 44 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.524 km SW of Balangonan, Philippines · 43 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.820 km SSW of Balangonan, Philippines · 43 days ago · 81 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
- 4.818 km W of Sarangani, Philippines · 38 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.216 km SW of Balangonan, Philippines · 37 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.485 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 36 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.514 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 34 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.44 km ENE of Baliton, Philippines · 32 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.239 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 30 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 11
- 4.47 km WNW of Kalbay, Philippines · 27 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.654 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 10 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.396 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 9 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5104 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 27 hr ago · 157 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 4.563 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 54 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.538 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 54 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.747 km WSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 55 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.751 km WSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 56 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.435 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 56 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.835 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 56 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.433 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 56 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.641 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 56 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 15
- 4.345 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 56 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.658 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 56 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.419 km NE of Sarangani, Philippines · 56 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.528 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 57 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.641 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 57 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.433 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 57 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.59 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 57 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.423 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 57 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.558 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 57 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.542 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines · 57 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.941 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines · 57 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 4.372 km S of Lumatil, Philippines · 57 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tj8e. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.