M 4.5 in Philippines on 10 Oct 2025 08:39 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 1504328
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000189-PHL
Depth: 81.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.1969 , 126.7558
Event Date: 10 Oct 2025 08:39 UTC
10 Oct 2025 16:39 Local
Exposed Population:
1.3 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 11 Oct 2025 06:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rg21 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: 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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DOH names primary hospitals in Metro Manila for the ‘Big One’ 10/14/2025 6:14:00 AM.

The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday released the list of DOH hospitals that will serve as the primary healthcare facilities in the event of a destructive earthquake that could hit the country’s capital, also known as the “Big One”. He
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National gov’t leads inspection of earthquake damages in Davao Orienta.. 10/14/2025 5:45:00 AM.

THE classrooms of Manay, Davao Oriental, were visibly affected by the recent earthquakes, with walls cracked and debris scattered across the facilities. During their visit on Saturday, October 11, 2025 Education Secretary Sonny Angara, acco
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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),