Earthquake details

Saturday, April 16, 1977 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Philippines on Saturday, April 16, 1977 at 04:01 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Dapitan (Philippines - PH), about 23.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 123.387 and latitude 8.861.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	8.861, 123.387
UTC time	1977-04-16 04:01:40.900

Location	Dapitan
Country	Philippines (PH)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1977-04-16

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Dapitan	23.1 km
Dipolog City	33.2 km
Dumaguete	50.3 km
Oroquieta	62.1 km
Tanjay	77.2 km
Bayawan	85.2 km
Bais	86.3 km
Ozamiz	93.8 km
Tangub	97.4 km
Tagbilaran City	102.2 km
Pagadian	115.4 km
Muricay	115.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.2 Dumaguete Philippines · 2025-12-22 15:42 UTC	52.7 km
M 4.1 Cagayan de Oro Philippines · 2025-08-14 08:34 UTC	66.0 km
M 4.8 Dipolog City Philippines · 2025-05-18 03:46 UTC	43.2 km

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