August 15, 2008 Earthquake: Legaspi, Luzon, Philippines
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Legaspi, Luzon, Philippines on August 15, 2008 at 10:25:16 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
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
- August 15, 2008
- Time
- 10:25:16 UTC
- Place
- Legaspi, Luzon, Philippines
- Magnitude
- 6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 12.897° N, 124.319° 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.
Minor damage at Legaspi, Luzon. Felt (VI PIVS)
at Legaspi; (V PIVS) at Irosin and Sorsogon; (III
PIVS) at Bulan and Naga; (II PIVS) at Guinayangan,
Luzon. (reference #1053)
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
- November 18, 2003, Can-Avid, Samar, Philippines
- October 31, 1975, Philippines
- November 8, 1912, Sorsogon, Philippines
- October 5, 1811, Camarines, Philippines
- February 2, 1814, Albay, SE Luzon, Philippines
- July 12, 1931, Masbate, Philippines
- November 17, 1988, Catarman, Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines
- November 13, 1925, Samar I, Laoang I, Batag I, 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 8170.