M4.8 earthquake 56 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 56 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines on Thu, Jun 19, 1980, 11:16 PM GMT+8 (15:16 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 38 km E of Cortes, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-06-19 15:16:20 UTC
- Depth
- 51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.553° N, 126.623° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.848 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.638 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 47 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.638 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.754 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.09 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.712 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16895 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.940 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16895 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.156 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.862 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.7Mindanao, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 54 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.061 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.864 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.740 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 53 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.873 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.382 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.141 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.245 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.149 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.958 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16890 days ago · 74 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.096 km E of Union, Philippines · 16889 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.068 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16886 days ago · 51 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.258 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16883 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.773 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16882 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.960 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16881 days ago · 39 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.930 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16868 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.018 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16857 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.939 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16845 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.839 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16845 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 5.540 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.149 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.754 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.966 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.964 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.813 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.827 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.642 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.761 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 39 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.956 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 47 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.928 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 64 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.134 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.665 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.065 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.936 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.489 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.029 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.433 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.751 km E of Union, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.049 km E of Union, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00018bp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC.