Earthquakes near Magugpo Poblacion through history
From 1900 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 36 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Magugpo Poblacion, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 23 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 8.1 on April 14, 1924 (1924 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake).
The last 30 days · as of
USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Magugpo Poblacion in the last 30 days.
What the record holds
The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 7.4 on December 19, 1928 (10 km ESE of Basak, Philippines), for which NOAA records 97 deaths. NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes has 27 here, back to 1870. NOAA records deaths in 8 of the events here, 128 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 7.4 on October 10, 2025 (12 km E of Santiago, Philippines). NOAA’s record here begins on November 4, 1870 with an earthquake (Mindanao: Davao,Blanco). 12 of the 27 significant earthquakes NOAA lists here came before 1927. NOAA lists one tsunami that began within 100 km of Magugpo Poblacion, and one from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 6 m, on May 17, 1992.
The events
- October 10, 2025Earthquake · M 7.412 km E of Santiago, Philippines · 10 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
- May 17, 1992Tsunami · 6 m herePhilippinesNOAA NCEI
- December 2, 1972Earthquake · M 8.01972 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeUSGS · NOAA NCEI
- December 19, 1928Earthquake · M 7.410 km ESE of Basak, Philippines · 97 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI
- April 14, 1924Earthquake · M 8.11924 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeUSGS · NOAA NCEI
- November 4, 1870EarthquakeMindanao: Davao,Blanco · 4 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI
Good to know
- An event counts for Magugpo Poblacion 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.
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