Philippines earthquakes

M5.6 earthquake 38 km E of Cortes, Philippines

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 38 km E of Cortes, Philippines on Thu, Jun 19, 1980, 11:29 PM GMT+8 (15:29 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.6 (Ms, surface-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1980-06-19 15:29:38 UTC
Depth
47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.319° N, 126.540° E
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.6Ms, surface-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
6.02Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.1
6.0Mwc, centroid momentGlobal CMT projectPreliminary

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
2.5% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.6 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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
85

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.638 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 4.754 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 16905 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.09 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16905 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 4.712 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16905 days ago · 52 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 4.940 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16905 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 5.156 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16904 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.862 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16904 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 4.7Mindanao, Philippines · 16904 days ago · 54 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 5.061 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16904 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.864 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16904 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 4.740 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16902 days ago · 53 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.873 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16902 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 4.382 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16902 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 5.141 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16902 days ago · 53 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 5.245 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16902 days ago · 48 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 5.149 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16902 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 4.958 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16900 days ago · 74 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 5.096 km E of Union, Philippines · 16899 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 5.068 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 5.258 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16893 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 4.773 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 4.960 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16891 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 4.930 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16878 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 5.018 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16867 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 4.918 km E of Gamut, Philippines · 16867 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.848 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.856 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 5.540 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 5.149 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.754 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.966 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 59 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 5.964 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 4.813 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.827 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 56 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.642 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 4.761 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.956 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 4.928 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 5.134 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 5.665 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 53 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 5.065 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 4.936 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 4.489 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 5.029 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.433 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16906 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00018br (also filed as gcmtb061980d, gcmt19800619152938, iscgem643912). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC.