M4.9 earthquake 7 km W of San Luis, Philippines
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 7 km W of San Luis, Philippines on Tue, Mar 13, 1990, 5:23 PM GMT+8 (09:23 UTC), 171 km (106 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 22 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-03-13 09:23:12 UTC
- Depth
- 171.3 km (106.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.448° N, 126.483° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.442 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 13347 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.925 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 13340 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.665 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 13337 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.648 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines · 13335 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.54 km N of Barcelona, Philippines · 13331 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.422 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines · 13317 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.042 km E of Barcelona, Philippines · 13317 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.714 km E of Baganga, Philippines · 13290 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00046hx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:27 AM UTC.