Philippines earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 63 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 63 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines on Sat, Dec 16, 1989, 8:33 AM GMT+8 (00:33 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.5 43 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (Ms, surface-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, Dec 16, 1989, 8:33 AM GMT+8
UTC: 1989-12-16 00:33:36 UTC
Depth: 36.7 km (22.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 8.431° N, 126.942° 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
5.4	Ms, surface-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 8 stations
5.72	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.2

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 90.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000434a (also filed as iscgem383945). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC.