It is associated with a 35-kilometer-long (22 mi) ground rupture, called the Aglubang River fault.

The epicenter of this earthquake was located in the Verde Island Passage, a strait separating Luzon and Mindoro.

The focal mechanism showed predominantly right-lateral strike-slip faulting.

[8] The Aglubang River fault, which shows a right-lateral strike-slip sense of movement, extends from Malaylay Island in the north of Oriental Mindoro to Alcate, Victoria in the south.

In Baco Islands, the vertical run-up reached 8.5 meters (28 ft).