M 5 in Philippines on 29 Apr 2026 22:04 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 1538158
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.9171 , 126.5538
Event Date: 29 Apr 2026 22:04 UTC
30 Apr 2026 06:04 Local
Exposed Population:
190 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 29 Apr 2026 23:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000sh55 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, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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5.0-magnitude quake hits Mindanao, Philippines -- GFZ 4/29/2026 11:09:00 PM.

BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Mindanao, the Philippines, at 2204 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determi
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5.0-magnitude quake hits Mindanao, Philippines -- GFZ 4/29/2026 10:33:00 PM.

BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Mindanao, the Philippines, at 2204 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determi
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),