M4.7 earthquake 27 km E of Bacong, Philippines
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 27 km E of Bacong, Philippines on Thu, Feb 8, 1990, 10:49 PM GMT+8 (14:49 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 30 km E of Bacong, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-02-08 14:49:44 UTC
- Depth
- 53.0 km (32.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.753° N, 124.816° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.130 km E of Bacong, Philippines · 13383 days ago · 56 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.610 km SSW of Candabong, Philippines · 13383 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.827 km SSW of Ichon, Philippines · 13383 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.827 km E of Bacong, Philippines · 13383 days ago · 69 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.416 km ESE of Jagna, Philippines · 13382 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.59 km ENE of San Francisco, Philippines · 13382 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.829 km SSE of Macrohon, Philippines · 13382 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.63 km WNW of Maasin, Philippines · 13382 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.027 km SSE of Macrohon, Philippines · 13382 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.721 km SSE of Macrohon, Philippines · 13382 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.13 km WSW of Candabong, Philippines · 13382 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.826 km SSE of Macrohon, Philippines · 13381 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.735 km E of Bacong, Philippines · 13381 days ago · 50 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.810 km SSW of Candabong, Philippines · 13381 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.713 km S of Bacong, Philippines · 13380 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.810 km ENE of Mabini, Philippines · 13380 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.730 km S of Macrohon, Philippines · 13378 days ago · 64 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.211 km S of Garcia Hernandez, Philippines · 13378 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.831 km S of Macrohon, Philippines · 13378 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.822 km SSE of Macrohon, Philippines · 13376 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.96 km NE of Jagna, Philippines · 13376 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.027 km ENE of Bacong, Philippines · 13365 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.921 km ESE of Bacong, Philippines · 13361 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.623 km SSW of Macrohon, Philippines · 13360 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.929 km SSE of Macrohon, Philippines · 13351 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.64 km ESE of Jagna, Philippines · 13346 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.822 km WNW of Yumbing, Philippines · 13384 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.916 km S of Candabong, Philippines · 13384 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.35 km SSE of Canhaway, Philippines · 13384 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 6.66 km ESE of Bacong, Philippines · 13384 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.232 km ESE of Bacong, Philippines · 13384 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.27 km NE of Bacong, Philippines · 13384 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 6.813 km E of Bacong, Philippines · 13384 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.916 km ENE of Bacong, Philippines · 13385 days ago · 61 km deep · 12 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004578. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC.