Earthquake details

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Philippines on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 13:09 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Alabel (Philippines - PH), about 154.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 125.148 and latitude 4.725.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	4.725, 125.148
UTC time	2016-03-16 13:09:52.810

Location	General Santos
Country	Philippines (PH)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2016-03-16

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Alabel	154.1 km
General Santos	154.5 km
Polomolok	166.9 km
Maluñgun	173.6 km
Surallah	189.1 km
Bañga	193.5 km
Malita	195.0 km
Koronadal	200.7 km
Isulan	220.4 km
Tacurong	225.2 km
Digos	226.6 km
General Salipada K. Pendatun	238.6 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.6

General Santos

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104.2 km

M 5.0

General Santos

Philippines · 2026-07-29 13:23 UTC

68.1 km

M 5.0

General Santos

Philippines · 2026-07-29 13:16 UTC

101.9 km

M 4.9

General Santos

Philippines · 2026-07-22 09:47 UTC

115.2 km

M 5.1

Alabel

Philippines · 2026-07-21 18:33 UTC

117.0 km

M 5.2

General Santos

Philippines · 2026-07-17 16:12 UTC

117.9 km

M 4.4

General Santos

Philippines · 2026-07-16 16:46 UTC

71.3 km

M 4.5

General Santos

Philippines · 2026-07-14 19:18 UTC

104.1 km

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