Philippines earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 119 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 119 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines on Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 10:23 AM GMT+8 (02:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 32 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (mww), moderate
Local time: Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 10:23 AM GMT+8
UTC: 2026-07-18 02:23:40 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 4.506° N, 124.857° E
Region: Philippines
Felt reports: 3
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique normal
Moment magnitude: 5.3 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 43°, dip 79°, rake -148°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 306°, dip 58°, rake -13°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 8.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 99°
Stations used: 69

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000t1it (also filed as usauto7000t1it). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:31 PM UTC.