Philippines earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 49 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 49 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines on Fri, Jan 4, 1980, 12:44 PM GMT+8 (04:44 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 78 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1980-01-04 04:44:02 UTC
Depth
56.0 km (34.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
5.956° N, 126.361° E
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
5.1mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
5.76Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.69

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How well it is located

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Stations used
61

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.846 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17072 days ago · 54 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.638 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17072 days ago · 62 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.544 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17072 days ago · 72 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 4.545 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17072 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.854 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17072 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 4.845 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17071 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.840 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17071 days ago · 55 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.635 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17071 days ago · 59 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.145 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17071 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.643 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17069 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.844 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17069 days ago · 57 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 5.046 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17069 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.7105 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17069 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 5.751 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 17068 days ago · 112 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.833 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17066 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 4.571 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17066 days ago · 134 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 3.847 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17063 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 4.222 km E of Lamitan, Philippines · 17051 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 4.373 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 17049 days ago · 105 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 5.045 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17042 days ago · 62 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 6.178 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17016 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 4.553 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17016 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 4.819 km ESE of Tibanbang, Philippines · 17072 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 5.849 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 17073 days ago · 114 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.749 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17073 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 5.162 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17073 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.656 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines · 17074 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 5.259 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17074 days ago · 64 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 5.139 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17074 days ago · 73 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 5.747 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17074 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 6.041 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 17074 days ago · 63 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 5.323 km E of Kalian, Philippines · 17098 days ago · 135 km deep · 52 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00014vb (also filed as iscgem652246). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC.