Reported by EMSCPhilippines23d ago
M3.4 earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines
Friday, September 4, 2026, 00:33:43 UTC · 6.770°N, 124.930°E
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck in Mindanao, Philippines on Friday, September 4, 2026, 00:33:43 UTC, at a depth of 33.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 3.4
- Minor · m
- Depth
- 33 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency PIVS
- Nearest tracker
- 74 km
- from Davao
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
2 tons of TNT
That is about 1/7,931 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 251 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
256 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Philippine Sea and Sunda plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
33 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS and EMSC have not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 1,898 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.31918 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeAugust 15, 1918 · 172 km SW of this epicenter
- 8.11924 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeApril 14, 1924 · 138 km E of this epicenter
- 8.01972 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeDecember 2, 1972 · 195 km E of this epicenter
- 7.919 km WNW of Palimbang, PhilippinesAugust 16, 1976 · 115 km SW of this epicenter
- 7.947 km ESE of Kalbay, PhilippinesMarch 14, 1913 · 173 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.825 km SW of Kablalan, PhilippinesJune 7, 2026 · 131 km S of this epicenter
- 7.877 km E of Baculin, PhilippinesMay 25, 1943 · 267 km E of this epicenter
- 7.774 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesJuly 12, 1911 · 300 km NE of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 61 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 8,960 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1976M8.0
Mindanao: S
16 Aug 1976 · 107 km away · intensity VI
8,000 deaths$134 million damagetsunami
- 1955M7.4
Mindanao: Lanao,Ozamiz,Cotabato
31 Mar 1955 · 219 km away · intensity VIII
465 deaths$5 million damagetsunami
- 1913M7.8
Sangihe Island
14 Mar 1913 · 205 km away · intensity IX
138 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 2026M7.8
Mindanao: S; Indonesia
7 Jun 2026 · 132 km away · intensity VIII
107 deaths$25 million damagetsunami
- 1928M7.4
Cotabato,N Coast Of Illana Bay
19 Dec 1928 · 76 km away · intensity VII
97 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1918M8.3
Mindanao: Cotabato
15 Aug 1918 · 172 km away · intensity X
52 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.