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4.5MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

39 km SE of Bobon, Philippines

USGS

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 39 km SE of Bobon, Philippines on 02 Sept 2026, 21:00 UTC. The hypocentre was 67 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 19 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.

Depth
67 km

shallow

Latitude
6.62°N

126.59°E longitude

Time
21:00 UTC

02 Sept 2026

Magnitude
M4.5

mb

EPICENTRE

View the official report

MAGNITUDE 4.5

Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 180 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 85 tonnes of TNT.

67 KM DEEP

Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.

NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS

19 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.2.

OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES

M4.5 earthquake — Bobon, Philippines · Quakewire