M4.5 earthquake 198 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 198 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines on Wed, Apr 1, 2026, 5:44 PM GMT+8 (09:44 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 244 km SSE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-04-01 09:44:12 UTC
- Depth
- 72.5 km (45.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 3.711° N, 126.073° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2245 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 169 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.8244 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 165 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3220 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 159 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5244 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 151 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7224 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 151 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3203 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 124 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 4.7224 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 185 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3161 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 193 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2239 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 198 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2231 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 210 days ago · 94 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000s9c4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC.