February 5, 1970 Earthquake: Odiongan, Luzon, Romblon I, Tablas I, Philippines

Date

February 5, 1970

Time

22:05:58 UTC

Place

Odiongan, Luzon, Romblon I, Tablas I, Philippines

Magnitude

7.1 (Ms)

Magnitude scales

Ms 7.1 · mb 7

Focal depth

11 km (7 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

12.600° N, 122.100° E

Country

Philippines

Region

Central and South Pacific

USGS record

The USGS’s page for this earthquake

Ms: surface-wave magnitude. mb: body-wave (P-wave) magnitude. NCEI’s headline magnitude is the best of these for the earthquake.

Deaths

3

Injuries

Some (about 51 to 100)

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.

1. #45 U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1928-1986). United States Earthquakes, Annual publication, published 1928-1986. vol.s for 1928-1965 issued by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; volumes for 1966-1969 issued by the National Earthquake Information Center; volume for 1970 issued by the National Geophysical Data Center; volumes for 1971-1972 issued by the National Geophysical And Solar-Terrestrial Data Center; volumes for 1973-1980 published jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey; volumes for 1981-1986 published by the U.S. Geological Survey. [on shelf]
2. #1229 Bath, M., and S.J. Duda (1979). Some Aspects of Global Seismicity, Report no. 1-79, Seismological Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 41 p.
3. #1187 Garcia, L.C., R.G. Valenzuela, and E.P. Arnold (1985). Southeast Asia Association of Seismology, Series on Seismology, vol. IV - Philippines, U.S. Geological Survey.

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• March 17, 1973, Calaug,lopez,guiayangan, Quezon City, PhilippinesM7.5 · 15 deaths · $450,000 · 98 houses destroyed · 117 km
• May 15, 1754, Taal Volcano, Philippines12 deaths · 197 km
• January 12, 1743, Tayabas,laguna, Luzon, Philippines5 deaths · 165 km
• June 14, 1990, Culasi, Panay, PhilippinesM7.1 · 4 deaths · 96 km
• October 7, 1960, Panay, Philippines3 deaths · 168 km
• June 19, 1988, San Jose, Calapan, Mindoro, PhilippinesM6.2 · 2 deaths · 115 km
• April 18, 1907, Camarines, SE Luzon, PhilippinesM7.6 · 2 deaths · 184 km
• May 25, 1925, W, Luzon, PhilippinesM6.3 · 44 km
• April 27, 1919, NW Panay, SW Tablas, Carabao I, Philippines68 km
• July 1653, Mindoro Island, Philippines78 km
• May 13, 1895, Calapan, N Mindoro, Philippines99 km
• March 1675, Mindoro Island, Luzon Island, Philippines127 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 4515. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem798855, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.