December 28, 1866 Earthquake: Laoag, N Luzon, Philippines
An earthquake struck Laoag, N Luzon, Philippines on December 28, 1866 at 19:00 UTC.
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 28, 1866
- Time
- 19:00 UTC
- Place
- Laoag, N Luzon, Philippines
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 18.200° N, 120.600° 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 17, 1983, Luzon, Philippines
- December 29, 1949, E, Luzon, Philippines
- July 27, 2022, Abra, Luzon, Philippines
- April 24, 1985, Benguet Province, Baguio, Luzon, Philippines
- March 16, 1892, Abra,pangasinan,union, Luzon, Philippines
- March 19, 1931, Laoag,bacarra,vigan,batac, Luzon, Philippines
- June 24, 1988, Laoag, Luzon, Philippines
- October 25, 2022, Abra, Luzon, Philippines
- August 15, 1897, Ilocos Sur, Luzon, Philippines
- May 25, 1907, Tuguegarao,laoag,n Ilocos, N Luzon, Philippines
- January 14, 1721, Cagayan Valley, NE Luzon, Philippines
- November 30, 1619, Ilocos Prov,zagaian Prov, N Luzon, Philippines
- January 4, 1641, Aparri, Luzon, Philippines
- November 18, 1915, W. Luzon Island, Philippines
- August 3, 1874, Lepanto-Bontoc, 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 2107.