M 5.6 in Philippines on 05 Aug 2026 21:41 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1556391
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.1283 , 125.227
Event Date: 05 Aug 2026 21:41 UTC
06 Aug 2026 05:41 Local
Exposed Population: 880 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 06 Aug 2026 01:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tif5 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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6.3-magnitude offshore earthquake strikes S. Philippines 8/6/2026 2:15:00 AM.

MANILA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said a 6.3-magnitude offshore earthquake struck Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines early Thursday morning. The institute said the tectonic
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),