Overall Green Earthquake in Philippines on 04 May 2026 06:09 UTC

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M 6 in Philippines on 04 May 2026 06:09 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 1538909
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.0M
Depth:	73.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	11.7774 , 125.3718
Event Date:	04 May 2026 06:09 UTC 04 May 2026 14:09 Local
Exposed Population:	30 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at:	04 May 2026 06:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4.2 (Philippines)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000si2z	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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Philippines - Earthquake (ECHO 12 May 2026)Thu, 07 May 2026 11:21

An earthquake of magnitude?6.0 struck Eastern Samar Island on 4?May at 06:09?UTC (14:09 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 5?km west-northwest of Nena Barangay (Eastern Samar Province).
According to the USGS PAGER system, around 8 000 people were exposed to strong shaking.
The ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports that 212 people have been affected across the provinces of Eastern Samar, Leyte, Tacloban City, and Western Samar, all located in the Eastern Visayas Region. In addition, three houses were destroyed and 48 were damaged in Eastern and Western Samar provinces.

Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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