M 7.4 in Philippines on 10 Oct 2025 01:43 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1504268
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.4M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000189-PHL
Depth: 58.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.2649 , 126.7545
Event Date: 10 Oct 2025 01:43 UTC
10 Oct 2025 09:43 Local
Exposed Population: 610 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 10 Oct 2025 01:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.19 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.5 0.4 1.5
us6000rfwz Scaled population (raster) 4.77 Max wave alert 0.46m  
  C1 shakemap 0.43 Max wave realtime 0.46m  
  C2 shakemap 0.27      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.89      
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Philippines - Earthquake (ECHO 15 Oct 2025)Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:17

  • An earthquake of 7.4 M at a depth of 58.1 km occurred over the sea in the southern Philippines, on 10 October at 01.43 (UTC) (09.43 local time). The epicentre was approximately 17 km east of the coast of Mindanao Island, 20 km east of Santiago municipality, in the province of Davao Oriental, and approximately 120 km north-east of Davao City. Several aftershocks with magnitudes between 4.8 M and 5.9 M were recorded in the area. USGS PAGER estimates that up to 30,000 people were exposed to severe shaking, and 2,287,000 to very strong shaking.
  • According to media, as of 10 October, at least two people died in Davao Oriental province, and 250 people have been evacuated from a damaged hospital and displaced in temporary shelters. Several structures have been damaged, including hospitals and schools, and an evacuation order has been issued for the coastal areas.
  • National authorities were mobilised to assist the affected people.
  • The Philippines was hit by a 6.9 M earthquake on 30 September that caused 74 fatalities and is still recovering from this event.
M7.4 in Philippines - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 10 Oct 2025 18:34

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Philippines - Earthquakes, update (ECHO 19 Oct 2025)Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:42

  • After the earthquakes of 7.4 M and 6.8 M that occurred on 10 October east of the coast of Mindanao Island, southern Philippines, the humanitarian impact is still increasing.
  • According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), as of 14 October, the death toll stands at eight fatalities across the Davao region. In addition, NDRRMC also reports 12,960 displaced people - of whom 12,768 are in eight evacuation centres - and a total of more than 845,000 affected people across the Davao and the Caraga regions. 
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (77), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),