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M7.5 earthquake 7 km N of Luklukan, Philippines

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck 7 km N of Luklukan, Philippines on Fri, Apr 19, 1907, 4:59 AM GMT+8 (20:59 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
7.5 (mw), major
Local time
UTC
1907-04-18 20:59:53 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.390° N, 122.720° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 2807), matched to this event by time and place.

Deaths
2
Injuries
Few (about 1 to 50)
Damage
Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Magnitude uncertainty
±0.56
Depth from
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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 4.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem16957953. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC.