Philippines earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 54 km NE of Cortes, Philippines

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 54 km NE of Cortes, Philippines on Thu, Jun 19, 1980, 9:08 PM GMT+8 (13:08 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 49 km E of Cortes, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1980-06-19 13:08:21 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.577° N, 126.586° E
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.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used
15

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.149 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 5.540 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.856 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 51 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 4.848 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 5.638 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.638 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 4.754 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.09 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 4.712 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.940 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16895 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 5.156 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 4.862 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 4.7Mindanao, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 5.061 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 4.864 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.740 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16893 days ago · 53 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 4.873 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16893 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 4.382 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 5.141 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 53 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 5.245 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 5.149 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 4.958 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16890 days ago · 74 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 5.096 km E of Union, Philippines · 16889 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 5.068 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16886 days ago · 51 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 5.258 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16883 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 4.773 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16882 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 4.960 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16882 days ago · 39 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 4.930 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16868 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 5.018 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16857 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 4.939 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16845 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 4.839 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16845 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 4.932 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16845 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 4.966 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 5.964 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 4.813 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.827 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.642 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.761 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.956 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.928 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 5.134 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 5.665 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 5.065 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.936 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 4.489 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 5.029 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 55 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 4.433 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 4.751 km E of Union, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 5.049 km E of Union, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 5.544 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 4.641 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 5.131 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00018bh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC.