Reviewed by USGSPhilippines1mo ago
M4.4 earthquake 161 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
Tuesday, August 25, 2026, 19:15:37 UTC · 4.353°N, 126.472°E
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 161 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, 19:15:37 UTC, at a depth of 40.8 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 4.4
- Light · mb
- Depth
- 41 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
60 tons of TNT
That is about 1/251 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 8 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
168 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
41 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.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
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Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 2,586 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.11924 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeApril 14, 1924 · 255 km N of this epicenter
- 8.01972 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeDecember 2, 1972 · 232 km N of this epicenter
- 7.947 km ESE of Kalbay, PhilippinesMarch 14, 1913 · 147 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.825 km SW of Kablalan, PhilippinesJune 7, 2026 · 209 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.8161 km SE of Sarangani, PhilippinesApril 1, 1936 · 14 km SW of this epicenter
- 7.7228 km SW of Sarangani, PhilippinesJune 11, 1972 · 261 km W of this epicenter
- 7.6101 km SE of Sarangani, PhilippinesDecember 16, 1910 · 61 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.6223 km ESE of Sarangani, PhilippinesJanuary 30, 1969 · 102 km E of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 32 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 3,084 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1856
Sangihe Pulau (Volcanic)
2 Mar 1856 · 132 km away
2,806 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1913M7.8
Sangihe Island
14 Mar 1913 · 118 km away · intensity IX
138 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 2026M7.8
Mindanao: S; Indonesia
7 Jun 2026 · 210 km away · intensity VIII
107 deaths$25 million damagetsunami
- 2019M6.8
Mindanao: Davao
15 Dec 2019 · 298 km away
13 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 2023M6.7
Mindanao: Davao
17 Nov 2023 · 209 km away · intensity VII
11 deaths$29 million damage
- 1917M6.4
S Mindanao: Glan,Glan Padidu,Tuyan
31 Jan 1917 · 245 km away · intensity IX
7 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.