M4.9 earthquake 28 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines on Tue, Sep 11, 1979, 2:50 AM GMT+8 (18:50 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 17 km ESE of Pilar, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-09-10 18:50:17 UTC
- Depth
- 51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.126° N, 126.477° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.259 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 17173 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.015 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines · 17171 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.320 km E of Union, Philippines · 17161 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.517 km ESE of Pilar, Philippines · 17161 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.737 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 17152 days ago · 71 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00012w2. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:20 PM UTC.