M 6.3 in Philippines on 05 Aug 2026 04:14 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 1556215
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.1812 , 125.276
Event Date: 05 Aug 2026 04:14 UTC
05 Aug 2026 12:14 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 05 Aug 2026 04:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1 0.1 1
us6000ti6x Scaled population (raster) 2.86 Max wave alert 0.11m  
  C1 shakemap 0.43 Max wave realtime 0.11m  
  C2 shakemap 0.27      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.89      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. 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)

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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),