Philippines earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 26 km E of Pilar, Philippines

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 26 km E of Pilar, Philippines on Sat, May 9, 1987, 4:35 AM GMT+8 (20:35 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.5 42 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1987-05-08 20:35:57 UTC
Depth
53.2 km (33.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.835° N, 126.340° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (I RF) at Palo, Leyte.

From the USGS event page for usp00034ue. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.542 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14363 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 5.042 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14363 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 4.956 km ESE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14363 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 5.066 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14362 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 5.351 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14362 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 5.150 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14362 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.868 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14362 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.161 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14361 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.366 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14358 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 4.960 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14357 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 4.549 km N of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14356 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 6.246 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14356 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 4.747 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14356 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 5.647 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14356 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 5.340 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14356 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.651 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14356 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 4.854 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14356 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 4.844 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14356 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 5.245 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14355 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 4.554 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14355 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 4.839 km NNW of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14355 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 4.639 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14353 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 4.761 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14335 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 4.762 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines · 14334 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 4.843 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines · 14334 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 4.963 km E of Union, Philippines · 14402 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.839 km SSE of Sulangan, Philippines · 14415 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00034ue. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC.