Philippines earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 52 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 52 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines on Sat, Dec 23, 1989, 7:59 AM GMT+8 (23:59 UTC), 38 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 Philippine Islands region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, Dec 23, 1989, 7:59 AM GMT+8
UTC: 1989-12-22 23:59:45 UTC
Depth: 37.5 km (23.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 8.546° N, 126.781° 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
5.1	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 14 stations
5.37	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.2

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00043fp (also filed as iscgem384727). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC.