M4.7 earthquake 5 km S of Union, Philippines
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 5 km S of Union, Philippines on Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 10:43 PM GMT+8 (14:43 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 45 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-19 14:43:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.709° N, 126.109° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 80
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.416 km ESE of San Francisco, Philippines · 217 days ago · 209 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.67 km W of Bacolod, Philippines · 216 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.65 km SW of Carmen, Philippines · 210 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.945 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 204 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.52 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines · 199 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.54 km E of Carrascal, Philippines · 193 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.58 km N of Gigaquit, Philippines · 167 days ago · 120 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.645 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 226 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.00 km NNE of Dinagat, Philippines · 238 days ago · 163 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.031 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 239 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.222 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 242 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.38 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 253 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sa76. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC.