Philippines earthquakes

M5.5 earthquake 40 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 40 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines on Thu, Jun 19, 1980, 10:14 PM GMT+8 (14:14 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 38 km E of Cortes, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.5 (mb), moderate
Local time: Thu, Jun 19, 1980, 10:14 PM GMT+8
UTC: 1980-06-19 14:14:52 UTC
Depth: 36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 9.353° N, 126.550° E
Region: Philippines
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 2.6% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.5 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Stations used: 72

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00018bn (also filed as gcmtb061980c, gcmt19800619141452, iscgem643908). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.