M4.2 earthquake 22 km E of Lamitan, Philippines
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 22 km E of Lamitan, Philippines on Sat, Jan 26, 1980, 4:04 AM GMT+8 (20:04 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 45 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-01-25 20:04:08 UTC
- Depth
- 69.0 km (42.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.068° N, 125.909° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.373 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 17047 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.045 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17040 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.553 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17014 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.349 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17005 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.941 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 17003 days ago · 118 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.921 km SW of Surup, Philippines · 17002 days ago · 153 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.661 km E of Sarangani, Philippines · 16990 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 3.847 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17061 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.571 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17064 days ago · 134 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.833 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17064 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.751 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 17066 days ago · 112 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7105 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17067 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.046 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17067 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.844 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17067 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.643 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17067 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.145 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17069 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.635 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17069 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.840 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17069 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.845 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17069 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.854 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17070 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.545 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17070 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.544 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17070 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.638 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17071 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.846 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17071 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.149 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17071 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.819 km ESE of Tibanbang, Philippines · 17071 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.849 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 17071 days ago · 114 km deep · 44 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000156f. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC.