An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred only 17 minutes ago 119 km northwest of San Fernando, Philippines, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near San Fernando, La Union, Ilocos, Philippines, in the morning on Wednesday, June 24th, 2026, at 9:37 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 4.8 as well.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 Balingasay (pop. 3,700) located 86 km from the epicenter, and Zaragoza (pop. 7,400) 92 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include San Fernando (pop. 83,000) located 119 km from the epicenter.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: Jun 24, 2026 09:37 am (GMT +8) local time (24 Jun 2026 01:37 GMT)Magnitude: 4.8Depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 16.85°N / 119.23°E (Philippines)Primary data source: GFZ