M4.9 earthquake 53 km ENE of Baculin, Philippines

Magnitude

4.9 (mb), light

Local time

Sat, Dec 16, 1989, 9:05 AM GMT+8

UTC

1989-12-16 01:05:03 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

7.547° N, 127.056° E

Region

Philippines

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

• Manay, PhilippinesPopulation 20,336. Forecast68 kmENE
• Mati, PhilippinesPopulation 105,908. Forecast114 kmNE
• Davao, PhilippinesPopulation 1,848,947. Forecast168 kmENE

After

1. 5.042 km ENE of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 12:06 PM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
2. 4.724 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 2:34 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
3. 4.668 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:57 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
4. 4.877 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:54 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
5. 5.547 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 6:24 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
6. 4.971 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 6:35 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
7. 5.529 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 6:40 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
8. 5.052 km E of Baculin, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 7:01 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
9. 5.151 km E of Baganga, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 8:13 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
10. 5.152 km E of Baganga, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 8:55 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
11. 4.836 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 10:55 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
12. 4.929 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 11:22 PM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
13. 4.947 km E of Santiago, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 1:44 AM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
14. 5.650 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 1:49 AM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
15. 4.734 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 8:11 AM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
16. 5.131 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 8:27 AM GMT+8 · 13429 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
17. 5.630 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 6:35 PM GMT+8 · 13428 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
18. 4.743 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 8:38 PM GMT+8 · 13428 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
19. 5.049 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 2:58 AM GMT+8 · 13428 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
20. 5.335 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 3:38 AM GMT+8 · 13428 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
21. 5.266 km ENE of Baculin, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 8:48 AM GMT+8 · 13428 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
22. 5.064 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 2:10 PM GMT+8 · 13427 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
23. 4.482 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 4:17 PM GMT+8 · 13427 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
24. 4.976 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 5:40 PM GMT+8 · 13427 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
25. 4.746 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 12:12 AM GMT+8 · 13427 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
26. 4.376 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 12:31 AM GMT+8 · 13427 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
27. 5.543 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 3:03 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
28. 5.552 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 3:27 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
29. 4.962 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 5:43 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
30. 5.035 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 6:30 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
31. 5.448 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 9:41 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
32. 6.543 km ENE of Santa Maria, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:08 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
33. 5.142 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:28 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
34. 5.080 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:37 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
35. 5.444 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:51 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
36. 4.955 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 9:44 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
37. 4.632 km NE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 12:02 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
38. 4.888 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 12:14 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
39. 5.081 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 1:15 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
40. 4.8Philippine Islands regionWed, Dec 20, 2:18 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
41. 4.372 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 3:10 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
42. 5.238 km ESE of Baculin, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 3:38 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 71 km deep · 26 km away
43. 5.846 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 4:35 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
44. 5.034 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 5:12 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
45. 4.951 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 9:57 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
46. 4.960 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 11:41 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
47. 5.133 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 1:27 AM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
48. 4.738 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 3:20 AM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
49. 4.945 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 4:18 AM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
50. 4.951 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 6:55 AM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away
51. 4.626 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesFri, Dec 22, 10:01 AM GMT+8 · 13424 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
52. 4.6Philippine Islands regionFri, Dec 22, 12:44 PM GMT+8 · 13423 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
53. 4.526 km NE of Barcelona, PhilippinesFri, Dec 22, 3:22 PM GMT+8 · 13423 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
54. 4.751 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesFri, Dec 22, 10:08 PM GMT+8 · 13423 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
55. 4.617 km W of Batiano, PhilippinesSat, Dec 23, 12:47 PM GMT+8 · 13422 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
56. 4.447 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 30, 2:59 AM GMT+8 · 13416 days ago · 57 km deep · 30 km away
57. 5.263 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 30, 8:45 PM GMT+8 · 13415 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
58. 4.836 km SE of Lukatan, PhilippinesSun, Dec 31, 9:20 PM GMT+8 · 13414 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
59. 5.342 km ENE of Baculin, PhilippinesSun, Dec 31, 11:43 PM GMT+8 · 13414 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
60. 5.6Philippine Islands regionTue, Jan 2, 9:25 AM GMT+8 · 13413 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

1. 5.552 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 8:53 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
2. 5.463 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 8:33 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
3. 4.727 km ESE of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 6:21 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
4. 4.932 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 5:21 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
5. 4.932 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 5:20 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
6. 5.129 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 5:06 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
7. 5.340 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:44 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
8. 4.246 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:33 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
9. 4.729 km NE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:26 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
10. 4.814 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:16 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
11. 4.813 km ENE of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:05 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
12. 4.821 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:47 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
13. 5.059 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:46 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
14. 5.211 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:36 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
15. 5.655 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:25 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
16. 5.740 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 2:57 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
17. 7.637 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 2:43 AM GMT+8 · 13430 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
18. 4.869 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesMon, Nov 27, 9:28 AM GMT+8 · 13449 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000434c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.