M5.0 earthquake 34 km E of Barcelona, Philippines

Magnitude

5.0 (mb), moderate

Local time

Wed, Dec 20, 1989, 5:12 PM GMT+8

UTC

1989-12-20 09:12:06 UTC

Depth

33.9 km (21.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

8.144° N, 126.746° E

Region

Philippines

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES

• Bislig, PhilippinesPopulation 99,872. Forecast48 kmE
• Bayugan, PhilippinesPopulation 110,313. Forecast127 kmESE
• Davao, PhilippinesPopulation 1,848,947. Forecast173 kmNE

After

1. 4.951 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 9:57 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
2. 4.960 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 11:41 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
3. 5.133 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 1:27 AM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
4. 4.738 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 3:20 AM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 66 km deep · 13 km away
5. 4.945 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 4:18 AM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 69 km deep · 13 km away
6. 4.951 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 6:55 AM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
7. 4.522 km ESE of Marihatag, PhilippinesThu, Dec 21, 3:43 PM GMT+8 · 13425 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away
8. 4.626 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesFri, Dec 22, 10:01 AM GMT+8 · 13424 days ago · 87 km deep · 17 km away
9. 4.6Philippine Islands regionFri, Dec 22, 12:44 PM GMT+8 · 13424 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
10. 4.526 km NE of Barcelona, PhilippinesFri, Dec 22, 3:22 PM GMT+8 · 13424 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
11. 4.751 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesFri, Dec 22, 10:08 PM GMT+8 · 13423 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
12. 5.152 km ENE of Hinatuan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 23, 7:59 AM GMT+8 · 13423 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
13. 5.142 km ENE of Hinatuan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 23, 11:27 AM GMT+8 · 13423 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
14. 4.617 km W of Batiano, PhilippinesSat, Dec 23, 12:47 PM GMT+8 · 13423 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
15. 4.964 km ENE of Hinatuan, PhilippinesWed, Dec 27, 3:19 PM GMT+8 · 13419 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
16. 4.495 km E of Aras-asan, PhilippinesThu, Dec 28, 6:51 PM GMT+8 · 13417 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
17. 4.610 km NE of Aras-asan, PhilippinesThu, Dec 28, 7:16 PM GMT+8 · 13417 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
18. 4.447 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 30, 2:59 AM GMT+8 · 13416 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
19. 5.263 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Dec 30, 8:45 PM GMT+8 · 13415 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
20. 5.342 km ENE of Baculin, PhilippinesSun, Dec 31, 11:43 PM GMT+8 · 13414 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
21. 5.6Philippine Islands regionTue, Jan 2, 9:25 AM GMT+8 · 13413 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
22. 4.4Philippine Islands regionTue, Jan 2, 11:20 PM GMT+8 · 13412 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
23. 4.073 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesFri, Jan 5, 2:39 PM GMT+8 · 13410 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
24. 4.930 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesFri, Jan 5, 6:44 PM GMT+8 · 13409 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
25. 5.131 km NE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Jan 6, 11:43 AM GMT+8 · 13409 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
26. 5.040 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesSun, Jan 7, 3:45 PM GMT+8 · 13408 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
27. 5.111 km NNE of Cateel, PhilippinesMon, Jan 8, 8:58 PM GMT+8 · 13406 days ago · 88 km deep · 39 km away
28. 4.631 km E of Hinatuan, PhilippinesFri, Jan 12, 5:07 PM GMT+8 · 13403 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
29. 4.668 km ESE of Aras-asan, PhilippinesTue, Jan 16, 12:01 PM GMT+8 · 13399 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
30. 4.454 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesMon, Jan 22, 3:09 AM GMT+8 · 13393 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
31. 4.7122 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesTue, Jan 30, 5:41 AM GMT+8 · 13385 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
32. 5.046 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesThu, Feb 1, 7:16 PM GMT+8 · 13382 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
33. 5.532 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesFri, Feb 2, 2:33 AM GMT+8 · 13382 days ago · 61 km deep · 12 km away
34. 4.453 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesFri, Feb 2, 3:28 AM GMT+8 · 13382 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
35. 4.441 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesSat, Feb 3, 10:23 AM GMT+8 · 13381 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away
36. 4.471 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesMon, Feb 5, 7:27 AM GMT+8 · 13379 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
37. 4.627 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Feb 7, 5:29 PM GMT+8 · 13377 days ago · 86 km deep · 9 km away
38. 4.96 km ENE of Bunawan, PhilippinesFri, Feb 9, 2:31 AM GMT+8 · 13375 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
39. 4.535 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesSat, Feb 17, 12:44 PM GMT+8 · 13367 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away

Before

1. 5.846 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 4:35 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
2. 5.238 km ESE of Baculin, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 3:38 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
3. 4.372 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 3:10 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
4. 4.8Philippine Islands regionWed, Dec 20, 2:18 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
5. 5.081 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 1:15 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
6. 4.888 km ENE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 12:14 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
7. 4.632 km NE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 12:02 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
8. 4.697 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 11:26 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
9. 4.955 km E of Santa Maria, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 9:44 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
10. 5.444 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:51 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
11. 5.080 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:37 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
12. 5.142 km E of Barcelona, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:28 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
13. 6.543 km ENE of Santa Maria, PhilippinesWed, Dec 20, 8:08 AM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
14. 4.578 km ENE of Hinatuan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 11:37 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
15. 5.448 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 9:41 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
16. 5.035 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 6:30 PM GMT+8 · 13426 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away
17. 4.962 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 5:43 PM GMT+8 · 13427 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
18. 5.552 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 3:27 PM GMT+8 · 13427 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
19. 5.543 km NE of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 3:03 PM GMT+8 · 13427 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
20. 4.376 km E of Kinablangan, PhilippinesTue, Dec 19, 12:31 AM GMT+8 · 13427 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00043b9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.