M4.7 earthquake Samar, Philippines

Magnitude

4.7 (mb), light

Local time

Sat, Nov 1, 1975, 1:16 PM GMT+8

UTC

1975-11-01 05:16:40 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

12.477° N, 125.560° E

Region

Philippines

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

11

• Laoang, PhilippinesPopulation 16,725. Forecast60 kmE
• Catbalogan, PhilippinesPopulation 107,896. Forecast107 kmNE
• Taguig, PhilippinesPopulation 1,308,085. Forecast535 kmESE

After

1. 5.239 km ESE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 1:55 PM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
2. 5.526 km ESE of Dolores, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 2:06 PM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
3. 5.162 km NE of Alugan, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 9:57 PM GMT+8 · 18589 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
4. 5.159 km NE of Alugan, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 10:53 PM GMT+8 · 18589 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
5. 4.742 km NE of Alugan, PhilippinesSun, Nov 2, 12:13 AM GMT+8 · 18589 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
6. 4.887 km NE of Alugan, PhilippinesSun, Nov 2, 6:36 AM GMT+8 · 18589 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
7. 4.992 km NE of Alugan, PhilippinesSun, Nov 2, 7:20 PM GMT+8 · 18588 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
8. 5.172 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesMon, Nov 3, 6:36 PM GMT+8 · 18587 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
9. 5.182 km NE of Alugan, PhilippinesTue, Nov 4, 10:46 PM GMT+8 · 18586 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
10. 5.099 km NE of Cabatuan, PhilippinesWed, Nov 5, 12:48 AM GMT+8 · 18586 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
11. 6.173 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesThu, Nov 6, 8:36 PM GMT+8 · 18584 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
12. 4.573 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesSun, Nov 9, 10:54 PM GMT+8 · 18581 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
13. 6.187 km NE of Anito, PhilippinesSun, Nov 16, 4:39 AM GMT+8 · 18575 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
14. 5.591 km NE of Cabatuan, PhilippinesMon, Nov 17, 10:13 PM GMT+8 · 18573 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
15. 4.8103 km NE of Cabatuan, PhilippinesTue, Nov 18, 3:00 AM GMT+8 · 18573 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
16. 4.889 km NE of Alugan, PhilippinesThu, Nov 20, 1:51 AM GMT+8 · 18571 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
17. 5.164 km NE of Anito, PhilippinesThu, Nov 20, 7:16 AM GMT+8 · 18571 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
18. 5.174 km NE of Anito, PhilippinesThu, Nov 20, 7:36 AM GMT+8 · 18571 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
19. 5.380 km NE of Cabatuan, PhilippinesThu, Nov 20, 8:10 PM GMT+8 · 18570 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
20. 5.493 km NE of Anito, PhilippinesMon, Nov 24, 10:01 PM GMT+8 · 18566 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
21. 5.185 km NE of Anito, PhilippinesThu, Nov 27, 8:08 AM GMT+8 · 18564 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
22. 4.974 km NE of Anito, PhilippinesThu, Nov 27, 8:38 AM GMT+8 · 18564 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
23. 5.345 km ESE of Dolores, PhilippinesSat, Nov 29, 10:17 AM GMT+8 · 18562 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
24. 5.176 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesSun, Nov 30, 1:56 AM GMT+8 · 18561 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
25. 5.230 km ESE of Dolores, PhilippinesMon, Dec 1, 3:57 AM GMT+8 · 18560 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
26. 5.671 km ENE of Alugan, PhilippinesMon, Dec 1, 8:06 PM GMT+8 · 18559 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
27. 5.333 km ESE of Dolores, PhilippinesFri, Dec 12, 4:12 PM GMT+8 · 18549 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
28. 4.935 km ESE of Dolores, PhilippinesFri, Dec 12, 10:00 PM GMT+8 · 18548 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
29. 5.282 km NE of Cabatuan, PhilippinesMon, Dec 15, 6:14 AM GMT+8 · 18546 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
30. 4.826 km E of Dapdap, PhilippinesTue, Dec 30, 2:42 PM GMT+8 · 18531 days ago · 109 km deep · 49 km away

Before

1. 5.054 km NE of Alugan, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 9:40 AM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
2. 5.022 km E of San Julian, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 7:34 AM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
3. 5.320 km ENE of Sulat, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 7:20 AM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
4. 4.7Philippine Islands regionSat, Nov 1, 6:08 AM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 135 km deep · 54 km away
5. 5.155 km NE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 4:11 AM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
6. 4.613 km ENE of Mantang, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 2:50 AM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
7. 5.173 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 1:55 AM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
8. 5.071 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 1:07 AM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
9. 4.751 km NE of Alugan, PhilippinesSat, Nov 1, 12:40 AM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 111 km deep · 33 km away
10. 4.964 km E of San Policarpo, PhilippinesFri, Oct 31, 10:17 PM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
11. 4.279 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesFri, Oct 31, 7:52 PM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 137 km deep · 65 km away
12. 4.895 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesFri, Oct 31, 7:27 PM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
13. 5.071 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesFri, Oct 31, 7:10 PM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
14. 4.766 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesFri, Oct 31, 6:53 PM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
15. 5.299 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesFri, Oct 31, 6:34 PM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
16. 5.579 km NE of Alugan, PhilippinesFri, Oct 31, 6:25 PM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
17. 5.0103 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesFri, Oct 31, 5:38 PM GMT+8 · 18590 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
18. 7.266 km ENE of Alugan, PhilippinesFri, Oct 31, 4:28 PM GMT+8 · 18591 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
19. 5.778 km ENE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesThu, Oct 30, 8:13 PM GMT+8 · 18591 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
20. 4.348 km NE of San Policarpo, PhilippinesTue, Oct 28, 1:16 PM GMT+8 · 18594 days ago · 384 km deep · 35 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000dcz. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC.