Tacurong

Earthquakes near Tacurong through history

From 1900 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 32 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Tacurong, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 16 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 8.3 on August 15, 1918 (1918 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded one earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Tacurong in the last 30 days.

The latest: magnitude 4.5 on October 23 (18 km WNW of Bantogon, Philippines).

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What the record holds

The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 7.9 on August 16, 1976 (19 km WNW of Palimbang, Philippines), for which NOAA records 8,000 deaths. NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes has 23 here, back to 1870. NOAA records deaths in 14 of the events here, 8,851 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 7.8 on June 7, 2026 (25 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines). NOAA’s record here begins on November 4, 1870 with an earthquake (Mindanao: Davao,Blanco). 8 of the 23 significant earthquakes NOAA lists here came before 1927. NOAA lists 5 tsunamis that began within 100 km of Tacurong, and 2 from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 9 m, on August 16, 1976. The deadliest, on August 16, 1976, killed 1,884 people here by NOAA’s runup records. NOAA lists one significant eruption of one volcano within 100 km of Tacurong. The deadliest was Melebingoy on September 6, 1995, which killed 60 people by NOAA’s count.

The events

  • June 7, 2026Earthquake · M 7.825 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines · 107 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • September 6, 1995EruptionMelebingoy · 60 deaths (NOAA)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 · 9 m hereMoro Gulf · 1,884 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • April 14, 1924Earthquake · M 8.11924 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeUSGS · NOAA NCEI
  • August 15, 1918Earthquake · M 8.31918 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake · 52 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • November 4, 1870EarthquakeMindanao: Davao,Blanco · 4 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI

Good to know

  • An event counts for Tacurong 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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