Philippines earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 123 km NNW of Pagudpud, Philippines

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 123 km NNW of Pagudpud, Philippines on Wed, Feb 9, 1983, 11:05 AM GMT+8 (03:05 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 117 km NNW of Pagudpud, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Feb 9, 1983, 11:05 AM GMT+8
UTC: 1983-02-09 03:05:39 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 19.646° N, 120.523° E
Region: Philippines
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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.9	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 11 stations
5.43	Mw, moment	ISCGEMSUP	Final · ±0.2

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001sxe (also filed as iscgemsup582506). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC.