November 4, 1870 Earthquake: Davao,blanco, Mindanao, Philippines

Date

November 4, 1870

Time

07:00 UTC

Place

Davao,blanco, Mindanao, Philippines

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

7.000° N, 125.400° E

Country

Philippines

Deaths

4

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.

• August 16, 1976, S, Mindanao, PhilippinesM8 · 8,000 deaths · $134 million · 165 km
• March 14, 1913, Sangihe Island, IndonesiaM7.8 · 138 deaths · 200 km
• June 7, 2026, S, Indonesia, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.8 · 107 deaths · $25.5 million · 19,195 houses destroyed · 161 km
• December 19, 1928, Cotabato,n Coast of Illana Bay, PhilippinesM7.4 · 97 deaths · 132 km
• March 5, 2002, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.5 · 15 deaths · $1.7 million · 167 km
• December 15, 2019, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.8 · 13 deaths · 4,546 houses destroyed · 40 km
• October 29, 2019, Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.6 · 13 deaths · 23,303 houses destroyed · 45 km
• November 17, 2023, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.7 · 11 deaths · $29.3 million · 602 houses destroyed · 162 km
• October 31, 2019, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, PhilippinesM6.5 · 10 deaths · 29 km
• October 10, 2025, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.4 · 10 deaths · $5.7 million · 1,190 houses destroyed · 146 km
• October 16, 2019, Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.4 · 7 deaths · 506 houses destroyed · 54 km
• January 31, 1917, Glan,glan Padidu,tuyan, S Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.4 · 7 deaths · 120 km
• July 9, 2019, Makilala, Tulunan, Mindanao, PhilippinesM5.6 · 1 death · 34 km
• May 23, 1987, Talakag-Malaybalay, Mindanao, PhilippinesM5.2 · 1 death · 116 km
• August 11, 2021, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.1 · 1 death · 160 km

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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 2178.