M4.8 earthquake 63 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 63 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines on Mon, Feb 19, 1973, 1:51 AM GMT+8 (17:51 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 128 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-02-18 17:51:14 UTC
- Depth
- 71.0 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.713° N, 126.916° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2100 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 19570 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.378 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 19563 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
- 6.0128 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 19560 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.788 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 19559 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.798 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 19559 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.875 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 19558 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.956 km SE of Bobon, Philippines · 19538 days ago · 93 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2120 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 19535 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.635 km SSE of Tamisan, Philippines · 19525 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00000k3. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC.