February 16, 2007 Earthquake: Mindanao, Philippines

Date

February 16, 2007

Time

07:15:54 UTC

Place

Mindanao, Philippines

Magnitude

4.9 (mb)

Focal depth

79 km (49 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

6.614° N, 126.240° E

Country

Philippines

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.

• March 14, 1913, Sangihe Island, IndonesiaM7.8 · 138 deaths · 141 km
• June 7, 2026, S, Indonesia, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.8 · 107 deaths · $25.5 million · 19,195 houses destroyed · 174 km
• December 15, 2019, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.8 · 13 deaths · 4,546 houses destroyed · 117 km
• October 29, 2019, Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.6 · 13 deaths · 23,303 houses destroyed · 134 km
• November 17, 2023, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.7 · 11 deaths · $29.3 million · 602 houses destroyed · 174 km
• October 10, 2025, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.4 · 10 deaths · $5.7 million · 1,190 houses destroyed · 90 km
• October 31, 2019, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, PhilippinesM6.5 · 10 deaths · 124 km
• October 16, 2019, Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.4 · 7 deaths · 506 houses destroyed · 137 km
• January 31, 1917, Glan,glan Padidu,tuyan, S Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.4 · 7 deaths · 153 km
• November 4, 1870, Davao,blanco, Mindanao, Philippines4 deaths · 102 km
• December 15, 1989, Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.5 · 2 deaths · $1 million · 199 km
• August 11, 2021, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.1 · 1 death · 58 km
• July 9, 2019, Makilala, Tulunan, Mindanao, PhilippinesM5.6 · 1 death · 120 km
• May 23, 1987, Talakag-Malaybalay, Mindanao, PhilippinesM5.2 · 1 death · 184 km
• February 7, 1918, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.5 · 31 km

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