March 8, 1892 Earthquake: Batan Island,san Domingo, Philippines
An earthquake struck Batan Island,san Domingo, Philippines on March 8, 1892.
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
- March 8, 1892
- Place
- Batan Island,san Domingo, Philippines
- Intensity
- VIII, severe shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 21.000° N, 122.000° E
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Central and South Pacific
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.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1072 Maso, S.J., Rev. Miguel Saderra (1910). Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines, with an Appendix, Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands; 1599-1909. Department of the Interior, Philippine Islands Weather Bureau, Manila Central Observatory, 1910.
- #1055 Milne, John (1911). Catalogue of Destructive Earthquakes [7 to 1899 A.D.], Report of the 81st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Portsmouth, London, United Kingdom, p. 649-740.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 15, 1959, Taiwan
- July 26, 2019, Itbayat, Batanes, Philippines
- December 26, 2006, Pingtung, Taiwan
- January 25, 1972, Taiwan
- September 30, 1970, Basco, Sabtang, Batan Islands, Philippines
- September 13, 1918, Ivana,sabtan,san Vicente, Batanes, Philippines
- July 16, 2000, Basco, Mount Irada, Batan Islands, Philippines
- June 7, 1987, Philippines
- September 5, 1996, Taiwan Region
- July 23, 1978, Taiwan
- January 4, 1972, Taiwan
- August 22, 1936, Taiwan
- October 31, 1720, Tainan, Taiwan
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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 2414.