Overall Orange Earthquake in Philippines on 05 Aug 2026 04:14 UTC

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M 6.3 in Philippines on 05 Aug 2026 04:14 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

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)
Source:	NEIC us6000ti6x
Inserted at:	05 Aug 2026 04:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	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
	Score no CC	raster

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1723078		1	05 Aug 2026 04:14	6.3M, 10km	6.8	10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:10)	00:16	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Philippines ,of Southern Mindanao (population 4,457,000) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	11000 people
	170000 people
	3.7 million people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0	1723078	125.276/5.181	6.3	10	6.103	05 Aug 2026 04:34	00:20	(new episode)
2	0	1723078	125.276/5.181	6.3	10	6.114	05 Aug 2026 04:39	00:25	(upd of #1)
3	0.8	1723078	125.276/5.181	6.3	10	6.682	05 Aug 2026 06:20	02:06	(upd of #2)
4	1	1723078	125.276/5.181	6.3	10	6.822	06 Aug 2026 14:01	1d 09:47	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	140000 people
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	950000 people
Central Mindanao	Philippines	50000 people
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	10000 people
Central Mindanao	Philippines	120000 people
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	24000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ibran	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	33 km
Tubay	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	25 km
Katingan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	29 km
Sabang	Davao del Sur	Philippines	Village	-	29 km
Tumanao	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	38 km
Batulaki	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	44 km
Kamalian	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	47 km
Fort Holland	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Margus-Pequeño	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	53 km
Kipagah	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	54 km
Kibayo	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Pañgyan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5200 people	58 km
Burias	South Cotabato	Philippines	Village	4100 people	60 km
Lago	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Glan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	24000 people	72 km
Little Lun	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	95 km
Cablallan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	67 km
Sinabulad	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	75 km
Tinto	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	79 km
Sapu Grande	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	82 km
Solome	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	82 km
Oalao	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	87 km
Malapatan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	19000 people	87 km
Bailat	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	88 km
Cabuloyan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	89 km
Seguil	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	90 km
Katabau	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	93 km
Tamblel	South Cotabato	Philippines	Village	-	98 km
Lomoyon	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	98 km
Bula	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	103 km
Buayan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	15000 people	104 km
Lagao III	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	105 km
Kling	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	106 km
Kansan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	112 km
Labu	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	112 km
Conel	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8400 people	113 km
Kiamba	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	11000 people	116 km
Buadtasan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	118 km
Tukulan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	129 km
Malita	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	40000 people	140 km
Kraan	Central Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	147 km
Santo Niño	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	152 km
Tamako	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	192 km
Santa Cruz		Philippines	Village	25000 people	200 km
Pangubatan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	201 km
Dadaotan		Philippines	Village	-	202 km
Pitas Pt		Philippines	Village	-	204 km
Tipudus	Central Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	206 km
Ballia	Central Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	209 km
Urung	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	210 km
Basak	Central Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3700 people	211 km
Puricay	Central Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	213 km
Salebabu	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	213 km
Linao B	Central Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	219 km
Damau	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	235 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Buayan	GES	9	Civ.	Paved	No	5500	102 km
Tambler		151	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10400	99 km
Malita		5				0	140 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Glan		Philippines	72 km
Dadiangas	PHDAD	Philippines	102 km
Lirung		Indonesia	210 km

More information

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