M5.0 earthquake 39 km ESE of Lamitan, Philippines
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 39 km ESE of Lamitan, Philippines on Fri, Sep 18, 1981, 9:35 AM GMT+8 (01:35 UTC), 83 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 66 km SE 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-09-18 01:35:19 UTC
- Depth
- 82.5 km (51.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.006° N, 126.048° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Mindanao, Philippines · 16438 days ago · 138 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.247 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 16422 days ago · 128 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.266 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 16386 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.37 km WSW of Tiblawan, Philippines · 16383 days ago · 97 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.689 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines · 16441 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.88 km ENE of Nangan, Philippines · 16455 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.0Mindanao, Philippines · 16458 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.513 km ESE of Kalbay, Philippines · 16464 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.574 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines · 16467 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001fya. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC.