M 5.3 in Philippines on 02 Oct 2025 21:39 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 1503166
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.9525 , 124.2953
Event Date: 02 Oct 2025 21:39 UTC
03 Oct 2025 05:39 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 02 Oct 2025 22:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us6000red2 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0.43  
  C2 rapid impact 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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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

Pope Leo XIV offers prayers for victims of Cebu earthquake 10/6/2025 9:30:00 PM.

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, August 31, 2025. Photo by Associated Press. MANILA, Philippines Citing his closene
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DoT vows to restore damaged Cebu churches 10/6/2025 9:06:00 PM.

The Department of Tourism (DOT) and its construction arm, the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), vowed that the damaged heritage churches in Cebu would be rehabilitated in the coming months, following the 6.9-magn
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Phivolcs expert: Most PH homes substandard, not ready for quakes 10/6/2025 8:57:00 PM.

“That alone is not being followed, because when you pour in the [concrete], the owner would not even see the [steel reinforcements]. So they would just put small ones, like 10 millimeters,” he said. For houses to be resilient to earthquakes
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Lawmaker again cites need for new building code 10/6/2025 8:52:00 PM.

MANILA, Philippines The September 30 earthquake that hit Cebu and neighboring provinces should prompt Congress to immediately tackle his proposal for a new building code, a lawmaker said. In a statement on Sunday, Surigao del Sur Rep. Romeo
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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),