September 13, 1918 Earthquake: Ivana,sabtan,san Vicente, Batanes, Philippines
An earthquake struck Ivana,sabtan,san Vicente, Batanes, Philippines on September 13, 1918 at 06:55 UTC.
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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
- September 13, 1918
- Time
- 06:55 UTC
- Place
- Ivana,sabtan,san Vicente, Batanes, Philippines
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 20.400° N, 121.950° E
- Country
- Philippines
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
1918, September 13. Intensity IX. Batan and Subtang. Destructive. (reference #1058)
1918, September 13, 2:55 p.m. Batanes Island: Batanes - violent earthquake of Intensity VII-VIII; causing some damage in the towns of Ivana and Sabtan. Santo Domingo de Basco - Intensity VII. Batan and Sabtan - the shock produced only some cracks in the thinner walls and the interior partitions of the buildings... Ivana - the earthquake ruined the small houses as well as the great buildings, churches and convents, because in all prevailed defective construction... (reference #1187)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 26, 2019, Itbayat, Batanes, Philippines
- July 16, 2000, Basco, Mount Irada, Batan Islands, Philippines
- September 30, 1970, Basco, Sabtang, Batan Islands, Philippines
- June 7, 1987, Philippines
- March 8, 1892, Batan Island,san Domingo, Philippines
- October 31, 1720, Tainan, Taiwan
- September 5, 1996, Taiwan Region
- September 14, 1627, Bangui, Cagayan, W. Luzon Island, 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 3121.