Marawi City

Earthquakes near Marawi City, 1927–2026

From 1927 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 15 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Marawi City, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 9 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 7.9 on August 16, 1976 (19 km WNW of Palimbang, Philippines).

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The last 30 days · as of

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

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What the record holds

It was also the deadliest: NOAA records 8,000 deaths for it. 8 earthquakes here in these years are on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. NOAA records deaths in 4 of the events here, 8,564 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 5.9 on November 18, 2019 (2 km N of Kadingilan, Philippines). NOAA lists 2 tsunamis from elsewhere that reached the coast within 100 km of Marawi City with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 8.5 m, on August 16, 1976. The deadliest here came on August 16, 1976 from a magnitude 8 earthquake (Moro Gulf): NOAA’s runup records count 1,063 deaths within 100 km of Marawi City.

The events

  • November 18, 2019Earthquake · M 5.92 km N of Kadingilan, PhilippinesUSGS · NOAA NCEI
  • July 23, 2010Earthquake · M 7.661 km W of Bantogon, PhilippinesUSGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • August 16, 1976Earthquake · M 7.919 km WNW of Palimbang, Philippines · 8,000 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • August 16, 1976Tsunami · 8.5 m hereMoro Gulf · 1,063 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia

Good to know

  • An event counts for Marawi City 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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