An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred only 13 minutes ago 65 km southeast of Malita, Philippines, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.The quake hit at a shallow depth of 29. km beneath the epicenter near Malita, Davao Occidental, Davao, Philippines, early morning on Monday, March 30th, 2026, at 3:07 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.6 as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) at magnitude 3.7, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 3.7.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Culaman (pop. 3,500) located 22 km from the epicenter, Caburan (pop. 12,600) 22 km away, Malapatan (pop. 19,400) 62 km away, Malita (pop. 118,400) 65 km away, and Alabel (pop. 90,100) 66 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Glan (pop. 24,300) located 71 km from the epicenter, Malungun (pop. 52,200) 76 km away, General Santos (pop. 722,100) 78 km away, and Polomolok (pop. 64,000) 94 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Mar 30, 2026 03:07 am (GMT +8) local time (29 Mar 2026 19:07 GMT)Magnitude: 4.6Depth: 29.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 5.88°N / 125.84°E (Davao Occidental, Davao, Philippines)Primary data source: BMKG