M4.9 earthquake 11 km N of Barcelona, Philippines

Magnitude

4.9 (mb), light

Local time

Sat, Dec 16, 1989, 7:26 AM GMT+8

UTC

1989-12-15 23:26:23 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

8.264° N, 126.442° E

Region

Philippines

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

• Bislig, PhilippinesPopulation 99,872. Forecast15 kmENE
• Bayugan, PhilippinesPopulation 110,313. Forecast92 kmSE
• Davao, PhilippinesPopulation 1,848,947. Forecast161 kmNE

After

1. 5.463 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 8:33 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
2. 5.552 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 8:53 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
3. 5.042 km ENE of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 12:06 PM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
4. 4.724 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 2:34 PM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
5. 4.668 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:57 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
6. 4.877 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:54 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
7. 5.547 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 6:24 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
8. 4.971 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 6:35 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
9. 5.529 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 6:40 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
10. 5.128 km ENE of Hinatuan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 7:05 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
11. 5.151 km E of Baganga, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 8:13 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
12. 5.152 km E of Baganga, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 8:55 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
13. 4.652 km ENE of Hinatuan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 10:30 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
14. 4.836 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 10:55 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
15. 4.929 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 11:22 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
16. 5.650 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 1:49 AM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
17. 4.614 km WSW of Bigaan, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 2:16 AM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
18. 4.734 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 8:11 AM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
19. 5.131 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 8:27 AM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
20. 5.159 km E of Aras-asan, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 3:05 PM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
21. 5.630 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 6:35 PM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
22. 4.743 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 8:38 PM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
23. 5.954 km ENE of Hinatuan, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 10:34 PM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
24. 4.751 km E of Marihatag, PhilippinesSun, Dec 17, 11:46 PM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
25. 4.857 km ESE of Marihatag, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 1:09 AM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
26. 5.049 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 2:58 AM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
27. 5.335 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 3:38 AM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
28. 5.064 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 2:10 PM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
29. 4.482 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 4:17 PM GMT+8 · 13435 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
30. 4.976 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 5:40 PM GMT+8 · 13435 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
31. 4.746 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 12:12 AM GMT+8 · 13435 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
32. 4.376 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 12:31 AM GMT+8 · 13435 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
33. 5.543 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 3:03 PM GMT+8 · 13435 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
34. 5.552 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 3:27 PM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
35. 4.962 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 5:43 PM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
36. 5.035 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 6:30 PM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
37. 5.448 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 9:41 PM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
38. 4.578 km ENE of Hinatuan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 11:37 PM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
39. 6.543 km ENE of Santa Maria, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:08 AM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
40. 5.142 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:28 AM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
41. 5.080 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:37 AM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
42. 5.444 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:51 AM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
43. 4.955 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 9:44 AM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
44. 4.697 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 11:26 AM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
45. 4.632 km NE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 12:02 PM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
46. 5.081 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 1:15 PM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
47. 4.8Philippine Islands regionWed, Dec 20, 2:18 PM GMT+8 · 13434 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
48. 4.372 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 3:10 PM GMT+8 · 13433 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
49. 5.846 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 4:35 PM GMT+8 · 13433 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
50. 5.034 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 5:12 PM GMT+8 · 13433 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
51. 4.951 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 9:57 PM GMT+8 · 13433 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
52. 4.960 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 11:41 PM GMT+8 · 13433 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
53. 5.133 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 1:27 AM GMT+8 · 13433 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
54. 4.738 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 3:20 AM GMT+8 · 13433 days ago · 66 km deep · 37 km away
55. 4.945 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 4:18 AM GMT+8 · 13433 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
56. 4.951 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 6:55 AM GMT+8 · 13433 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
57. 4.522 km ESE of Marihatag, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 3:43 PM GMT+8 · 13432 days ago · 90 km deep · 55 km away
58. 4.626 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesFri, Dec 22, 10:01 AM GMT+8 · 13432 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
59. 4.6Philippine Islands regionFri, Dec 22, 12:44 PM GMT+8 · 13432 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
60. 4.526 km NE of Barcelona, PhilippinesFri, Dec 22, 3:22 PM GMT+8 · 13431 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

1. 4.727 km ESE of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 6:21 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
2. 4.932 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 5:21 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
3. 4.932 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 5:20 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
4. 5.129 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 5:06 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
5. 5.340 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:44 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
6. 4.246 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:33 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
7. 4.729 km NE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:26 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
8. 4.814 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:16 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
9. 4.813 km ENE of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 4:05 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
10. 4.737 km ENE of Hinatuan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:58 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
11. 4.821 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:47 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
12. 5.059 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:46 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
13. 5.211 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:36 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
14. 4.928 km ENE of Hinatuan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:34 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
15. 5.655 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 3:25 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
16. 5.740 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 2:57 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
17. 6.016 km E of Hinatuan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 2:53 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
18. 7.637 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Dec 16, 2:43 AM GMT+8 · 13438 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
19. 4.875 km ESE of Aras-asan, PhilippinesFri, Dec 15, 2:27 AM GMT+8 · 13439 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
20. 4.869 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesMon, Nov 27, 9:28 AM GMT+8 · 13457 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004346. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC.