Reviewed by USGSPhilippines11d ago
M4.9 earthquake 64 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines
Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 11:50:12 UTC · 7.751°N, 127.133°E
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 64 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 11:50:12 UTC, at a depth of 10.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M4.9 on August 31, 2026.
- Magnitude
- 4.9
- Light · mb
- Depth
- 10 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
338 tons of TNT
That is about 1/45 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 1 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
10 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Philippine Sea and Sunda plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
10 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 since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 1,917 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 · 164 km SW of this epicenter
- 8.01972 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeDecember 2, 1972 · 156 km S of this epicenter
- 7.947 km ESE of Kalbay, PhilippinesMarch 14, 1913 · 281 km SW of this epicenter
- 7.877 km E of Baculin, PhilippinesMay 25, 1943 · 45 km S of this epicenter
- 7.774 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesJuly 12, 1911 · 83 km N of this epicenter
- 7.619 km E of Gamut, PhilippinesDecember 2, 2023 · 117 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.637 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesDecember 15, 1989 · 79 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.521 km SE of Lukatan, PhilippinesJanuary 1, 2001 · 113 km SW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 52 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 205 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1913M7.8
Sangihe Island
14 Mar 1913 · 289 km away · intensity IX
138 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 2019M6.8
Mindanao: Davao
15 Dec 2019 · 244 km away
13 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 2019M6.6
Mindanao: Cotabato, Davao
29 Oct 2019 · 254 km away
13 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 2025M7.4
Mindanao
10 Oct 2025 · 71 km away · intensity VI
10 deaths$6 million damagetsunami
- 2019M6.5
Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat
31 Oct 2019 · 237 km away
10 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 2019M6.4
Mindanao: Cotabato, Davao
16 Oct 2019 · 262 km away · intensity VII
7 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.