April 18, 1907 Earthquake: Camarines, SE Luzon, Philippines
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Camarines, SE Luzon, Philippines on April 18, 1907 at 23:52:04 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
- April 18, 1907
- Time
- 23:52:04 UTC
- Place
- Camarines, SE Luzon, Philippines
- Magnitude
- 7.4 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 13.500° N, 123.000° E
- Country
- Philippines
The toll
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
On April 19, 1907, 07:53 local time [April 18 23:52:04 UTC] a very violent earthquake in the same region as the preceding. It completed the ruin of some buildings weakened by its predecessor. These two earthquakes were followed by numerous aftershocks of varying intensity until the month of July. (reference #1072)
Reference #1058 lists two earthquake on April 18, 1907:
20:59:48 UTC, 14 N, 123 E, magnitude 7.6
23:52:04 UTC, 13.5 N, 123 E, magnitude 7.4
Reference #88 lists earthquake on April 18, 1907, 23:52:26 UTC, 13.6 N, 122.9 E, magnitude 7.2.
Reference #130 lists earthquake on April 18, 1907, 23:52.4 UTC, 13.5 N, 132 E, magnitude 7.4.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 22, 1840, Sorsogon,masbate Is,casiguran,albay, Philippines
- March 17, 1973, Calaug,lopez,guiayangan, Quezon City, Philippines
- July 2, 1954, Sorsogon, Bacon, Legaspi, Luzon, Philippines
- January 12, 1743, Tayabas,laguna, Luzon, Philippines
- February 5, 1970, Odiongan, Luzon, Romblon I, Tablas I, Philippines
- April 18, 1907, Camarines, SE Luzon, Philippines
- August 20, 1937, Luzon, Philippines
- 1747, Naga, SE Luzon Is, Philippines
- May 19, 1875, Nueva,caceres, SE Luzon, Philippines
- March 24, 1887, Camarines, Nueva Caceres, SE Luzon, Philippines
- 1853, Camarines, Daet, Philippines
- November 24, 1907, Camarines, SE Luzon, Philippines
- October 19, 1865, Tiwi,luban,rinconada, SE Luzon, Philippines
- 1628, Camalig, Albay, Luzon, Philippines
- October 5, 1811, Camarines, 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 7866.