June 28, 1894 Earthquake: Agusan River Valley, E Mindanao, Philippines

Date

June 28, 1894

Time

18:57:00 UTC

Place

Agusan River Valley, E Mindanao, Philippines

Intensity

VIII, severe shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

8.200° N, 126.100° E

Country

Philippines

Region

Central and South Pacific

Deaths

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

Damage

Limited (under about $1 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.

1. #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.
2. #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.

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• October 10, 2025, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.4 · 10 deaths · $5.7 million · 1,190 houses destroyed · 121 km
• October 31, 2019, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, PhilippinesM6.5 · 10 deaths · 177 km
• November 4, 1870, Davao,blanco, Mindanao, Philippines4 deaths · 154 km
• December 2, 2023, E, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.6 · 3 deaths · $22.6 million · 390 houses destroyed · 53 km
• December 15, 1989, Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.5 · 2 deaths · $1 million · 71 km
• May 23, 1987, Talakag-Malaybalay, Mindanao, PhilippinesM5.2 · 1 death · 78 km
• March 26, 1990, Santiago, PhilippinesM5.5 · 1 death · 129 km
• July 9, 2019, Makilala, Tulunan, Mindanao, PhilippinesM5.6 · 1 death · 186 km
• March 5, 2017, Surigao del Norte, PhilippinesM5.7 · 1 death · 13 houses destroyed · 193 km
• January 1, 1919, Mindanao Island, PhilippinesM7.4 · 25 km
• August 30, 1924, Surigao,butuan, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.3 · 55 km
• March 7, 2023, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6 · $3.1 million · 896 houses destroyed · 81 km
• March 5, 1908, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.5 · 90 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 2454.