August 3, 1874 Earthquake: Lepanto-Bontoc, Philippines

Date

August 3, 1874

Place

Lepanto-Bontoc, Philippines

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

17.000° N, 120.600° E

Country

Philippines

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.

• July 16, 1990, Baguio, Cabanatuan, Dagupan, PhilippinesM7.8 · 2,412 deaths · $369.6 million · 159 km
• August 1, 1968, Manila, Luzon, PhilippinesM7.3 · 270 deaths · $8 million · 179 km
• July 18, 1880, Pasig River,pampanga, S Coast Luzon, PhilippinesM7.5 · 20 deaths · 174 km
• December 29, 1949, E, Luzon, PhilippinesM7.2 · 16 deaths · 110 km
• August 17, 1983, Luzon, PhilippinesM6.5 · 16 deaths · $2.2 million · 140 km
• April 7, 1970, Luzon, PhilippinesM7.3 · 15 deaths · 180 km
• July 27, 2022, Abra, Luzon, PhilippinesM7 · 11 deaths · $48.5 million · 856 houses destroyed · 62 km
• April 24, 1985, Benguet Province, Baguio, Luzon, PhilippinesM6.1 · 6 deaths · 60 km
• December 11, 1999, Manila, Santa Cruz, S Luzon, PhilippinesM7.3 · 5 deaths · $1.8 million · 165 km
• March 16, 1892, Abra,pangasinan,union, Luzon, Philippines2 deaths · 33 km
• March 18, 1977, Manila, Luzon, PhilippinesM7.3 · 1 death · $100,000 · 14 houses destroyed · 186 km
• 1744, W. Luzon Island, Philippines43 km
• August 24, 1932, Baguio,bauang,la Union, Luzon, Philippines57 km
• October 25, 2022, Abra, Luzon, PhilippinesM6.4 · $1.4 million · 434 houses destroyed · 77 km
• September 1, 1881, Nueva Vizcaya,bayombong, Philippines77 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 2216.