Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at unknown depth26 Sep 17:05 UTC: First to report: PHIVOLCS after 15 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeSep 26, 2025 16:51:00 UTC - Local time at epicenter27 September 2025 - 12:51 AM (PST)Statuspreliminary (automatic detection)Magnitude3.9Depth10 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude12.86°N / 125.35°EEastern Visayas, PhilippinesSeismic antipode12.86°S / 54.65°WShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourcePHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)Nearest volcanoBulusan (141 km / 88 mi)Estimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy15 minutes agoSep 26, 2025 16:51 GMT / 27 September 2025 - 12:51 AM (PST)Lat / Lng: 12.86 / 125.35: Philippines: 043 km N 36° E of Palapag (Northern Samar)Source: PHIVOLCSDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22206101',12.86000,125.35000,'15 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Philippines: 043 km N 36° E of Palapag (Northern Samar)',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in PhilippinesNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Catarman, a town with 47,000 inhabitants in the Philippines, in 87 km (54 mi) distance southwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking. In the capital of the Philippines, Manila, 510 km (317 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake could not be felt.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry40 km (25 mi)SW of epicenterCabodiongan(pop: 3,000)III: WeakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines43 km (27 mi)SW of epicenterPalapag(pop: 8,340)III: WeakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines44 km (27 mi)S of epicenterMapanas(pop: 3,570)III: WeakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines49 km (30 mi)SW of epicenterLaoang(pop: 16,700)III: WeakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines53 km (33 mi)S of epicenterGamay(pop: 9,130)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines56 km (35 mi)SW of epicenterPambujan(pop: 10,800)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines59 km (37 mi)SW of epicenterCatubig(pop: 4,730)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines65 km (40 mi)S of epicenterHipadpad(pop: 3,800)II: Very weakProvince of Eastern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines66 km (41 mi)S of epicenterArteche(pop: 5,030)II: Very weakProvince of Eastern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines68 km (42 mi)SW of epicenterBantayan(pop: 3,980)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines80 km (50 mi)S of epicenterMaslog(pop: 4,780)II: Very weakProvince of Eastern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines81 km (50 mi)S of epicenterOras(pop: 9,020)II: Very weakProvince of Eastern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines84 km (52 mi)SW of epicenterSilvino Lobos(pop: 2,720)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines87 km (54 mi)SW of epicenterCatarman(pop: 47,400)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines93 km (58 mi)S of epicenterDolores(pop: 9,270)II: Very weakProvince of Eastern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines93 km (58 mi)SW of epicenterPolange(pop: 2,650)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines96 km (60 mi)S of epicenterSan Jose de Buan(pop: 2,810)II: Very weakProvince of Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines101 km (63 mi)SW of epicenterLope de Vega(pop: 2,530)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines107 km (66 mi)S of epicenterTaft(pop: 4,420)II: Very weakProvince of Eastern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines108 km (67 mi)S of epicenterCalape(pop: 2,590)II: Very weakProvince of Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines109 km (68 mi)W of epicenterBiri(pop: 2,600)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines111 km (69 mi)SW of epicenterGandara(pop: 3,980)II: Very weakProvince of Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines117 km (73 mi)S of epicenterSulat(pop: 4,680)II: Very weakProvince of Eastern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines120 km (75 mi)SW of epicenterCalbayog City(pop: 67,900)II: Very weakProvince of Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines121 km (75 mi)SW of epicenterPagsanghan(pop: 8,020)II: Very weakProvince of Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines122 km (76 mi)W of epicenterAllen(pop: 7,500)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines122 km (76 mi)SW of epicenterAlegria(pop: 5,810)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines125 km (78 mi)SW of epicenterTinambacan(pop: 4,560)II: Very weakProvince of Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines126 km (78 mi)SW of epicenterSan Joaquin(pop: 4,500)II: Very weakProvince of Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines126 km (79 mi)S of epicenterWright(pop: 4,700)II: Very weakProvince of Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines131 km (81 mi)S of epicenterCatbalogan(pop: 68,100)II: Very weakProvince of Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines133 km (83 mi)W of epicenterGubat(pop: 14,000)II: Very weakProvince of Sorsogon, BicolPhilippines134 km (83 mi)W of epicenterBulusan(pop: 6,650)II: Very weakProvince of Sorsogon, BicolPhilippines136 km (84 mi)W of epicenterCapul(pop: 4,760)II: Very weakProvince of Northern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines140 km (87 mi)S of epicenterBorongan(pop: 16,500)II: Very weakProvince of Eastern Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines140 km (87 mi)W of epicenterMatnog(pop: 6,720)II: Very weakProvince of Sorsogon, BicolPhilippines145 km (90 mi)NW of epicenterVirac(pop: 15,100)II: Very weakProvince of Catanduanes, BicolPhilippines147 km (91 mi)S of epicenterZumarraga(pop: 16,300)II: Very weakProvince of Samar, Eastern VisayasPhilippines160 km (99 mi)SW of epicenterCulaba(pop: 6,230)I: Not felt510 km (317 mi)W of epicenterManila(pop: 1,600,000): Not feltCapital, National Capital RegionPhilippinesNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Compare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake 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It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2025-09-26EpicenterAgency3.910 km6.2 mi(*)16:51:00043 km N 36° E of Palapag (Northern Samar)PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)Notes:(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could be not determined with sufficient accuracy.Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 25 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 192 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.07 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 13.9 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.37 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.7 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 2.6 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 16.1 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 60 quakes per year (or 5 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 168 quakes per year (or 14 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 193 quakes per year (or 16.1 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 9 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 10 to 15 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquakeLat / Lng: 12.86 / 125.35: Philippines: 043 km N 36° E of Palapag (Northern Samar)Lat / Lng: 12.86 / 125.35: Philippines: 043 km N 36° E of Palapag (Northern Samar)