Philippines earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 38 km NE of Cortes, Philippines

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 38 km NE of Cortes, Philippines on Tue, May 6, 1980, 2:10 AM GMT+8 (18:10 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 57 km ESE of Union, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time: Tue, May 6, 1980, 2:10 AM GMT+8
UTC: 1980-05-05 18:10:12 UTC
Depth: 51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 9.540° N, 126.417° E
Region: Philippines
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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Stations used: 64

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 92.

Before

5.93 km NNE of Bacolod, PhilippinesSun, Apr 13, 1:41 PM GMT+8 · 16963 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000172n (also filed as iscgemsup645119). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC.