Philippines earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 117 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 117 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines on Wed, Aug 5, 2026, 12:43 PM GMT+8 (04:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 39 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-08-05 04:43:32 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
4.959° N, 126.424° 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 15.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
142°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 18 since this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.672 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 59 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.930 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 59 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.3124 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 58 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.435 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 58 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.399 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 57 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.5107 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 57 days ago · 87 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.566 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 54 days ago · 155 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 5.1201 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 54 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.3119 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 52 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 4.469 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 48 days ago · 96 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.494 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 46 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.4161 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 38 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 4.485 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 37 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 4.356 km ESE of Kalbay, Philippines · 34 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 4.367 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 32 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 5.239 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 31 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 11
  17. 4.2128 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 29 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 4.5104 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 3 days ago · 157 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 4.5133 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 59 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 4.7154 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 61 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.5113 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 63 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.468 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 68 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.084 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 75 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 4.568 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 80 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.483 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines · 81 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 4.731 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 81 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.279 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 88 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tjns. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:37 PM UTC.