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4.9MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

64 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines

USGS

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 64 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines on 16 Sept 2026, 11:50 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention.

Depth
10 km

shallow

Latitude
7.75°N

127.13°E longitude

Time
11:50 UTC

16 Sept 2026

Magnitude
M4.9

mb

EPICENTRE

View the official report

MAGNITUDE 4.9

Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 710 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 338 tonnes of TNT.

10 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.

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