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M7.5 earthquake Mindanao, Philippines

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in Mindanao, Philippines on Wed, Mar 6, 2002, 5:16 AM GMT+8 (21:16 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 7.5 (mwc), major
Local time: Wed, Mar 6, 2002, 5:16 AM GMT+8
UTC: 2002-03-05 21:16:09 UTC
Depth: 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 6.033° N, 124.249° E
Region: Philippines
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5625), matched to this event by time and place.

Deaths: 15
Injuries: 100
Damage: $1.7 million
Houses damaged: 800

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

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Shaking

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

Strongest estimated: VII, very strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 27.6% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 3.3 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude: 7.4 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 309°, dip 29°, rake 58°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 164°, dip 64°, rake 106°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 321

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 4.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

4.61 km SE of Tran, PhilippinesWed, Feb 6, 3:53 AM GMT+8 · 9003 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000azqw (also filed as choy20020305211609, gcmtc030502h, gcmt20020305211609, duputel030502h, atlas20020305211610, iscgem2904823). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.