M5.1 earthquake 33 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines

Magnitude

5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sat, Dec 9, 1989, 6:18 AM GMT+8

UTC

1989-12-08 22:18:49 UTC

Depth

86.2 km (53.6 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

9.991° N, 126.374° E

Region

Philippines

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

FROM_LOCATION

• San Jose, PhilippinesPopulation 26,735. Forecast91 kmESE
• Butuan, PhilippinesPopulation 309,709. Forecast147 kmNE
• Davao, PhilippinesPopulation 1,848,947. Forecast335 kmNNE

After

1. 5.045 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesSat, Dec 9, 10:33 PM GMT+8 · 13445 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
2. 4.324 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesMon, Dec 11, 3:38 PM GMT+8 · 13444 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away
3. 4.835 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesMon, Dec 11, 6:04 PM GMT+8 · 13443 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
4. 4.762 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesTue, Dec 12, 2:57 PM GMT+8 · 13443 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
5. 5.018 km E of Santa Monica, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 2:48 AM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
6. 4.90 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 10:43 AM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
7. 5.032 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 11:08 AM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
8. 5.332 km E of Santa Monica, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 11:38 AM GMT+8 · 13437 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
9. 5.039 km ENE of Pilar, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 6:26 PM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
10. 5.1104 km ENE of Pilar, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 10:24 PM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
11. 4.890 km NE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesMon, Dec 18, 10:27 PM GMT+8 · 13436 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
12. 4.78 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesSun, Dec 31, 12:08 AM GMT+8 · 13424 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
13. 5.138 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesMon, Jan 15, 7:08 PM GMT+8 · 13408 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
14. 4.952 km E of Pilar, PhilippinesWed, Jan 17, 5:05 PM GMT+8 · 13406 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
15. 4.614 km E of Union, PhilippinesWed, Jan 17, 7:10 PM GMT+8 · 13406 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
16. 4.627 km E of Union, PhilippinesMon, Feb 5, 2:15 AM GMT+8 · 13388 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away

Before

1. 5.052 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesSat, Dec 9, 3:58 AM GMT+8 · 13446 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
2. 4.734 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesSat, Dec 9, 3:27 AM GMT+8 · 13446 days ago · 56 km deep · 23 km away
3. 4.733 km ENE of Pilar, PhilippinesFri, Dec 8, 6:53 PM GMT+8 · 13446 days ago · 95 km deep · 2 km away
4. 6.250 km ENE of Pilar, PhilippinesFri, Dec 8, 6:23 PM GMT+8 · 13446 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
5. 5.031 km NE of Cortes, PhilippinesWed, Nov 29, 6:14 PM GMT+8 · 13455 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
6. 5.121 km E of Cortes, PhilippinesSun, Nov 19, 4:14 AM GMT+8 · 13466 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
7. 4.656 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesFri, Nov 17, 7:07 AM GMT+8 · 13468 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
8. 4.938 km ENE of Santa Monica, PhilippinesWed, Nov 15, 1:52 AM GMT+8 · 13470 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
9. 5.453 km ENE of Pilar, PhilippinesWed, Nov 15, 1:39 AM GMT+8 · 13470 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
10. 5.147 km ESE of Union, PhilippinesMon, Nov 13, 4:38 AM GMT+8 · 13472 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
11. 5.451 km ESE of Union, PhilippinesSun, Nov 12, 9:36 PM GMT+8 · 13472 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
12. 4.949 km ESE of Union, PhilippinesSun, Nov 12, 8:51 PM GMT+8 · 13472 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00042w2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.