Magnitude6.9

Reviewed by USGSPhilippines121y ago

M6.9 earthquake 128 km NNW of Davila, Philippines

Wednesday, October 17, 1906, 09:42:05 UTC · 19.564°N, 120.159°E

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck 128 km NNW of Davila, Philippines on Wednesday, October 17, 1906, 09:42:05 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M7.1 on June 19, 1906.

Magnitude
6.9
Strong · mw
Depth
15 km
Shallow
Felt reports
0
Did You Feel It?
Est. shaking
—
No ShakeMap
PAGER alert
None
Not issued
Tsunami
No flag
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In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

294 kilotons of TNT

That is about 20 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 617 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.

Tectonic setting

0 km

from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Philippine Sea and Sunda plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.

Depth: shallow

15 km

Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.

Did You Feel It?

Where it was felt

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USGS PAGER estimate

Who was exposed to shaking

USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.

After the main event

Aftershocks within 100 km

USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 100 km in the 30 days after this event.

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 2 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 8 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 2 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1892

    Luzon: Abra,Pangasinan,Union

    16 Mar 1892 · 256 km away · intensity X

    2 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)

  2. 1721

    Ne Luzon: Cagayan Valley

    14 Jan 1721 · 224 km away

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)

  3. 1866

    N Luzon: Laoag

    28 Dec 1866 · 159 km away · intensity VIII

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)

  4. 1874

    Lepanto-Bontoc

    3 Aug 1874 · 289 km away

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)

  5. 1892

    Batan Island,San Domingo

    8 Mar 1892 · 250 km away · intensity VIII

    Moderate damage ($1–5M)

  6. 1897M7.9

    Luzon: Ilocos Sur

    15 Aug 1897 · 175 km away · intensity VIII

    Limited damage (under $1M)

NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.

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