M4.8 earthquake 10 km SE of Gigmoto, Philippines
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 10 km SE of Gigmoto, Philippines on Fri, Jan 22, 1982, 12:11 PM GMT+8 (04:11 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 19 km ENE of Pandan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-22 04:11:06 UTC
- Depth
- 77.1 km (47.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 13.711° N, 124.463° 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 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.419 km ENE of Pandan, Philippines · 16312 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.513 km E of Pandan, Philippines · 16310 days ago · 54 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.815 km ENE of Gibgos, Philippines · 16290 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.511 km ENE of Panganiban, Philippines · 16283 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.736 km NNE of Panganiban, Philippines · 16277 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.713 km WNW of Garchitorena, Philippines · 16265 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.05 km S of Garchitorena, Philippines · 16265 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.84 km NNE of Gibgos, Philippines · 16258 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.761 km ENE of Panganiban, Philippines · 16314 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.710 km SW of Gigmoto, Philippines · 16320 days ago · 75 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.839 km NNE of Pandan, Philippines · 16322 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.28 km ENE of Gibgos, Philippines · 16324 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.912 km ENE of Panganiban, Philippines · 16325 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.323 km ENE of Panganiban, Philippines · 16325 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 7.14 km SW of Gigmoto, Philippines · 16325 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001j72 (also filed as iscgemsup606037). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.