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Largest earthquakes in or near Bohol, Central Visayas, Philippines, on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

Updated: Nov 23, 2023 05:16 GMT -
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Since 1900, Bohol has had 183 quakes of magnitudes above 5 and up to 7.1:

  • 2 quakes above magnitude 7
  • 15 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7
  • 166 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6

Latest today: Mag. 5.0 Earthquake Bohol Sea, 42 km NW of Butuan, Province of Agusan del Norte, Caraga, Philippines -

Strongest: Mag. 7.1 Earthquake 10.9 km SE of Tubigon, Bohol, Central Visayas, Philippines -

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Showing quakes since 1900, magnitude 5 or higher (183 quakes):
Date and timeMag
Depth
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Apr 24, 05:32 pm (Manila)
(Apr 24, 09:32 GMT)
5.0

9.6 km
36 km (22 mi)Bohol Sea, 42 km northwest of Butuan, Philippines 7 reportsMore
Apr 14, 12:04 am (Manila)
(Apr 13, 16:04 GMT)
5.1

20 km
41 km (25 mi)31 km north of Butuan, Province of Agusan del Norte, Caraga, Philippines 18 reportsMore
Jan 28, 04:25 am (Manila)
(Jan 27, 20:25 GMT)
5.4

91 km
49 km (30 mi)Philippine Sea, 81 km southeast of Tacloban City, Philippines 31 reportsMore
Mar 21, 2022 12:39 am (Manila)
(Mar 20, 2022 16:39 GMT)
5.3

10 km
5 km (3.1 mi)Leyte Island, 30 km east of Ormoc, Philippines 220 reportsMore
May 27, 2020 02:10 am (Manila)
(May 26, 2020 18:10 GMT)
5.0

27 km
26 km (16 mi)12 km north of Moog, Philippines 3 reportsMore
Mar 2, 2020 05:19 am (Manila)
(Mar 1, 2020 21:19 GMT)
5.5

44 km
24 km (15 mi)2.3 km east of Carigara, Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines 136 reportsMore
Oct 29, 2019 11:56 am (Manila)
(Oct 29, 2019 03:56 GMT)
5.4

19 km
44 km (27 mi)Bohol Sea, 43 km east of Jagna, Bohol, Central Visayas, Philippines 2 reportsMore
Jul 2, 2019 12:59 am (Manila)
(Jul 1, 2019 16:59 GMT)
5.7

550 km
42 km (26 mi)Bohol Sea, 39 km south of Jagna, Bohol, Central Visayas, Philippines More
Jun 30, 2019 03:00 am (Manila)
(Jun 29, 2019 19:00 GMT)
5.0

10 km
43 km (27 mi)Bohol Sea, 28 km west of Surigao City, Philippines 76 reportsMore
Jul 11, 2018 12:24 am (Manila)
(Jul 10, 2018 16:24 GMT)
5.0

10 km
35 km (22 mi)Philippine Sea, 20 km northwest of Dinagat, Caraga, Philippines 2 reportsMore
May 10, 2018 07:56 pm (Manila)
(May 10, 2018 11:56 GMT)
5.7

10 km
51 km (32 mi)Capiyaan Island, 16 km north of Dinagat, Caraga, Philippines 48 reportsMore
Aug 23, 2017 06:26 am (Manila)
(Aug 22, 2017 22:26 GMT)
5.0

10 km
14 km (8.7 mi)6.1 km north of Burauen, Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines 4 reportsMore
Jul 10, 2017 09:41 am (Manila)
(Jul 10, 2017 01:41 GMT)
5.5

10 km
5 km (3.1 mi)Leyte Island, 6.8 km south of San Pedro, Philippines 21 reportsMore
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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.1 x 1016 joules (2983 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2.6 x 106 tons of TNT or 160.4 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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