M4.9 earthquake 60 km ESE of Union, Philippines
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 60 km ESE of Union, Philippines on Fri, Jul 4, 1980, 7:35 AM GMT+8 (23:35 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 18 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-07-03 23:35:35 UTC
- Depth
- 39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.620° N, 126.640° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.930 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16868 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.018 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16857 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.939 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16845 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.839 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16845 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.932 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16845 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.648 km E of Union, Philippines · 16833 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.453 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16830 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 4.773 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16882 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.258 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16883 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.068 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16886 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.096 km E of Union, Philippines · 16889 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.958 km ESE of Union, Philippines · 16890 days ago · 74 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.149 km ENE of La Paz, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.245 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.141 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.382 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.873 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16892 days ago · 60 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.740 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16893 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.864 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.061 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.7Mindanao, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.862 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.156 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 16894 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.940 km E of Cortes, Philippines · 16895 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.712 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 16895 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.09 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.754 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 16896 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00018mz. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC.