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M6.5 earthquake 14 km NNW of Salinas, Philippines

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck 14 km NNW of Salinas, Philippines on Wed, Jul 18, 1990, 6:14 AM GMT+9 (21:14 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.5 (mw), strong
Local time: Wed, Jul 18, 1990, 6:14 AM GMT+9
UTC: 1990-07-17 21:14:43 UTC
Depth: 23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 16.495° N, 120.981° E
Region: Philippines
Strongest shaking: VI, strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 23.9% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 3.1 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 93.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0004c36 (also filed as choy19900717211443, gcmtc071790d, gcmt19900717211440, atlas19900717211445, iscgem363113). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.