December 21, 1636 Earthquake: Illana Bay, Mindanao, Philippines
An earthquake struck Illana Bay, Mindanao, Philippines on December 21, 1636.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- December 21, 1636
- Place
- Illana Bay, Mindanao, Philippines
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 7.600° N, 123.700° E
- Country
- Philippines
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 16, 1976, S, Mindanao, Philippines
- March 31, 1955, Lanao,ozamiz,cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines
- December 19, 1928, Cotabato,n Coast of Illana Bay, Philippines
- March 5, 2002, Mindanao, Philippines
- October 29, 2019, Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines
- December 15, 2019, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines
- October 31, 2019, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
- October 16, 2019, Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines
- November 4, 1870, Davao,blanco, Mindanao, Philippines
- March 18, 1985, Pagadian, Zamboanga, Philippines
- July 9, 2019, Makilala, Tulunan, Mindanao, Philippines
- May 23, 1987, Talakag-Malaybalay, Mindanao, Philippines
- August 21, 1902, Lanao, Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines
- December 8, 1871, Cotabato,polloc Harbor, W Mindanao, Philippines
- July 23, 1885, Dapitan, NE Mindanao, Philippines
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 932.