M4.5 earthquake 35 km E of Dicamay, Philippines
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 35 km E of Dicamay, Philippines on Sat, Apr 9, 1977, 11:10 PM GMT+9 (14:10 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 39 km S of Dicabisagan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-04-09 14:10:06 UTC
- Depth
- 68.0 km (42.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.710° N, 122.334° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.444 km ESE of Minuri, Philippines · 18043 days ago · 70 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.939 km S of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18024 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.957 km ESE of Dicamay, Philippines · 18019 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.937 km S of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18018 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
Before
- 4.859 km ESE of Minuri, Philippines · 18072 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.513 km SE of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18075 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.616 km N of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18077 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.141 km SSE of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18079 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.848 km ESE of Minuri, Philippines · 18079 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.634 km SSE of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18081 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.951 km SSE of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18082 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.551 km SSE of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18082 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.634 km S of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18082 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.851 km SSE of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18083 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.066 km SSE of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18083 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.847 km ESE of Minuri, Philippines · 18083 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.823 km S of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18083 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.830 km SSW of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18084 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.26 km WSW of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18084 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.742 km S of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18084 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.537 km S of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18084 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.348 km S of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18084 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.447 km ESE of Dicamay, Philippines · 18084 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.033 km SSW of Dicabisagan, Philippines · 18084 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000nan. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.