1747 Earthquake: Naga, SE Luzon Is, Philippines
An earthquake struck Naga, SE Luzon Is, Philippines in 1747. It caused a tsunami.
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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
- 1747
- Place
- Naga, SE Luzon Is, Philippines
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 13.600° N, 123.200° E
- Country
- Philippines
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #414:
1747. The bishop of Naga (Nueva Caseras), in the southeastern part of Luzon Island, in a letter dated 8.11.1748, reported that the residents here "experienced every calamity: earthquakes, typhoons, eruptions and floods." These events presumably occurred in the second half of 1747 (Repetti, 1946).
Reference #1058:
1747. Intensity VII. Camarines. Violent earthquake.
Reference #3029:
1747. Southeastern Luzon. Under date of February 8, 1748, the Bishop of Nueva Caceres [Naga], wrote to Dr. Rubio de Arevalo, secretary to the Archbishop of Manila: "We
have suffered here in everything, the earth by earthquakes, the air by typhoons, the fire by eruptions, the water by floods. The winter this year has been, and still is, such
as has never been experienced." This letter is preserved in Vol. 10, "Gobierno Diocesano," in the archives of the archdiocese of Manila. As the typhoon season lasts from June to November it is probable that most, if not all, of the events referred to happened in 1747.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 22, 1840, Sorsogon,masbate Is,casiguran,albay, Philippines
- March 17, 1973, Calaug,lopez,guiayangan, Quezon City, Philippines
- July 2, 1954, Sorsogon, Bacon, Legaspi, Luzon, Philippines
- January 12, 1743, Tayabas,laguna, Luzon, Philippines
- February 5, 1970, Odiongan, Luzon, Romblon I, Tablas I, Philippines
- April 18, 1907, Camarines, SE Luzon, Philippines
- May 19, 1875, Nueva,caceres, SE Luzon, Philippines
- March 24, 1887, Camarines, Nueva Caceres, SE Luzon, Philippines
- April 18, 1907, Camarines, SE Luzon, Philippines
- 1853, Camarines, Daet, Philippines
- November 24, 1907, Camarines, SE Luzon, Philippines
- October 19, 1865, Tiwi,luban,rinconada, SE Luzon, Philippines
- 1628, Camalig, Albay, Luzon, Philippines
- October 5, 1811, Camarines, Philippines
- February 2, 1814, Albay, SE Luzon, Philippines
More
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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 9910.