November 8, 1912 Earthquake: Sorsogon, Philippines
An earthquake struck Sorsogon, Philippines on November 8, 1912 at 07:54:00 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
- November 8, 1912
- Time
- 07:54:00 UTC
- Place
- Sorsogon, Philippines
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 12.600° N, 124.000° E
- Country
- Philippines
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 30, 2025, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
- 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
- July 6, 2017, Leyte, Philippines
- August 18, 2020, Masbate, Philippines
- April 18, 1907, Camarines, SE Luzon, Philippines
- August 22, 2017, Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines
- November 18, 2003, Can-Avid, Samar, Philippines
- July 12, 1931, Masbate, Philippines
- March 5, 2012, Masbate Island, Philippines
- August 15, 2008, Legaspi, Luzon, Philippines
- February 15, 2003, Dimasalang, Luzon, Philippines
- February 15, 2003, Masbate, Dimasalang, Philippines
- August 16, 1869, Masbate Island, Philippines
More
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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 2965.