M4.7 earthquake 69 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 69 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines on Fri, May 9, 1986, 5:16 AM GMT+8 (21:16 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 33 km ENE 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-08 21:16:37 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.556° N, 126.759° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.933 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 14728 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.737 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines · 14728 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.429 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 14728 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.448 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines · 14727 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.762 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines · 14726 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.611 km NNE of Pilar, Philippines · 14695 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.460 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14767 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.052 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14769 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.924 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 14771 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.525 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14771 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.142 km E of Pilar, Philippines · 14772 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.723 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14772 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.926 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14772 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.126 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14774 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.024 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14774 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.415 km NE of Pilar, Philippines · 14775 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.717 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14775 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002ts6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.