M4.7 earthquake 12 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 12 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines on Fri, Jun 20, 1980, 7:40 AM GMT+8 (23:40 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 40 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-06-19 23:40:19 UTC
- Depth
- 52.0 km (32.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.323° N, 126.301° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.940 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16895 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.156 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.862 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.7Mindanao, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 54 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.061 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.864 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.740 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16893 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.873 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16893 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.382 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.141 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.245 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.149 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.958 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16890 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.096 km E of Union, Philippines · 16889 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.068 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16886 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.258 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16883 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.773 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16882 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.960 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16882 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.930 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16868 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.018 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16857 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.918 km E of Gamut, Philippines · 16857 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.09 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.754 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.638 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.638 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.848 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.856 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.540 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.149 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.754 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.966 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.964 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.813 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.827 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 56 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.642 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.761 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.956 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.928 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 64 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.134 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.665 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.065 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16897 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00018c4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC.