M 5.1 in Philippines on 10 Oct 2025 10:20 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 1504352
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000189-PHL
Depth: 70.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.1418 , 126.7548
Event Date: 10 Oct 2025 10:20 UTC
10 Oct 2025 18:20 Local
Exposed Population:
860 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 10 Oct 2025 10:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rg2h Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

DOH cites need for psychological first aid in quake-hit areas 10/14/2025 9:37:00 AM.

ASIDE from emergency relief packs and medical assistance, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday, October 14, 2025, it is important to be prepared to provide psychological first aid to victims of calamities, such as earthquakes. In a t
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Taiwan donates P11.6m to Cebu quake victims 10/14/2025 8:59:00 AM.

The Taiwanese government has donated $200,000, equivalent to P11,636,800.00, to assist Filipinos affected by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu on September 30. The announcement was made during the celebration of the 114th National Day of
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DOH: Response plans for ''Big One" quake need second look 10/14/2025 7:39:00 AM.

There is a need to revisit and adjust disaster response plans especially healthcare infrastructure and protocols for the “Big One” or the catastrophic magnitude 7.2 earthquake that will be triggered by a big movement in the West Valley Faul
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DOH hospitals in NCR set up earthquake emergency plans 10/14/2025 7:06:00 AM.

MANILA, Philippines Amid a series of strong earthquakes that jolted various parts of the country, the Department of Health (DOH) has identified DOH-run hospitals in four sections of Metro Manila that will lead in emergency response in case
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),