Philippines earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 64 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 64 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines on Sat, Jun 21, 1980, 3:00 PM GMT+8 (07:00 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 41 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1980-06-21 07:00:03 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.408° N, 126.768° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from
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Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.740 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 53 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.873 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 60 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.382 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 5.141 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 53 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 5.245 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 5.149 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.958 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16890 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 5.096 km E of Union, Philippines · 16889 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 5.068 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16886 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 5.258 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16883 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 4.773 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16882 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.960 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16881 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.930 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16868 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 5.018 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16857 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 5.061 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.7Mindanao, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.862 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 5.156 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 4.940 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16895 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 4.712 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16895 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.09 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16895 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 4.754 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 16895 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 4.638 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 5.638 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 4.848 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.856 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 5.540 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 5.149 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 4.754 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.966 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 59 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 5.964 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 4.813 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 4.827 km NE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 4.642 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00018cp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC.