Legaspi

Earthquakes near Legaspi through history

From 1900 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 25 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Legaspi, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 9 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest on either list was an estimated magnitude 7.9 on May 13, 1897 (Masbate Island).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Legaspi in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 7.5 on April 18, 1907 (7 km N of Luklukan, Philippines), for which NOAA records 2 deaths. NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes has 20 here, back to 1628. NOAA records deaths in 20 of the events here, 4,797 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 5.6 on March 5, 2012 (Masbate Island). NOAA’s record here begins in 1628 with an earthquake (Luzon: Camalig, Albay). 14 of the 20 significant earthquakes NOAA lists here came before 1927. NOAA lists 3 tsunamis that began within 100 km of Legaspi. The highest of them reached 0.1 m, on January 11, 1982. NOAA lists 23 significant eruptions of 2 volcanoes within 100 km of Legaspi. The largest was Mayon on February 1, 1814, at 4 on the volcanic explosivity index. The deadliest was Mayon in 1875, which killed 1,500 people by NOAA’s count.

The events

  • March 5, 2012Earthquake · M 5.6Masbate IslandNOAA NCEI
  • January 11, 1982Tsunami · 0.1 m highPhilippinesNOAA NCEI
  • April 18, 1907Earthquake · M 7.57 km N of Luklukan, Philippines · 2 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI
  • May 13, 1897Earthquake · M 7.9 (est.)Masbate IslandNOAA NCEI
  • 1875EruptionMayon · 1,500 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • February 1, 1814Eruption · VEI 4Mayon · 1,200 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • 1628EarthquakeLuzon: Camalig, AlbayNOAA NCEI · Wikipedia

Good to know

  • An event counts for Legaspi when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
  • USGS counts here start at magnitude 6: the catalogue’s smaller quakes thin out going back, where few instruments listened.
  • NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
  • Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
  • A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
  • Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Earthquakes, live, The world through history

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