List of earthquakes in the Philippines
Largest earthquakes by year
Table:
Year

Magnitude

Location / Name

Date

2001

7.5

Davao Region[24]

January 1

2002

7.5

Moro Gulf (near)

March 5

2003

6.5

Samar

November 18

2004

6.5

Mindoro

October 8

2005

6.4

Moro Gulf (near)[25]

November 30

2006

6.3

Luzon (Luzon Strait)

October 9

2007

6.4

Davao Region (near Davao Oriental)[26]

August 20

2008

6.9

Samar

March 3

2009

6.6

Moro Gulf

October 4

2010

7.6

Moro Gulf

July 23

2011

6.4

Ilocos Region

March 20

2012

7.6

Samar

August 31

2013

7.2

Bohol

October 15

2014

6.6

Moro Gulf (near)[27]

December 2

2015

6.1

Siargao[28]

July 3

2016

6.3

Davao Region (near Tamisan)[29]

September 24

2017

6.9

Sarangani and Davao[30]

April 29

2018

7.1

Davao Region (near Davao Oriental)

December 29

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