January 4, 1641 Earthquake: Aparri, Luzon, Philippines
An earthquake struck Aparri, Luzon, Philippines on January 4, 1641.
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
- January 4, 1641
- Place
- Aparri, Luzon, Philippines
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 18.200° N, 121.700° E
- Country
- Philippines
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 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 1, 1968, Manila, Luzon, Philippines
- August 17, 1983, Luzon, Philippines
- December 29, 1949, E, Luzon, Philippines
- July 27, 2022, Abra, Luzon, Philippines
- March 16, 1892, Abra,pangasinan,union, Luzon, Philippines
- March 18, 1977, Manila, Luzon, Philippines
- November 30, 1619, Ilocos Prov,zagaian Prov, N Luzon, Philippines
- January 14, 1721, Cagayan Valley, NE Luzon, Philippines
- September 14, 1627, Bangui, Cagayan, W. Luzon Island, Philippines
- June 24, 1988, Laoag, Luzon, Philippines
- October 25, 2022, Abra, Luzon, Philippines
- December 28, 1866, Laoag, N Luzon, Philippines
- September 5, 1949, N Luzon, Philippines
- November 1610, E, Luzon, Philippines
- 1744, W. Luzon Island, 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 948.