M 6 in Philippines on 04 May 2026 06:09 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 1538909
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 73.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 11.7774 , 125.3718
Event Date: 04 May 2026 06:09 UTC
04 May 2026 14:09 Local
Exposed Population: 3 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 04 May 2026 06:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000si2z Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes Eastern Samar 5/4/2026 11:28:00 AM.

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the Samar region of the Philippines on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the GFZ said. The Philippine seismology agency, Phivolc
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Terremoto nelle Filippine: il momento della scossa ripreso dalle telec.. 5/4/2026 11:27:00 AM.

Un terremoto di magnitudo 6.0 ha colpito lunedì la zona dell''isola di Samar , nelle Filippine orientali. Il Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) ha dichiarato che il sisma, di origine tettonica , si è verificato al
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Samar tremor rattles central Philippines 5/4/2026 10:57:00 AM.

Residents across Eastern Samar and nearby provinces rushed out of homes, offices and schools on Monday after a strong earthquake struck the central Philippines, shaking parts of the Visayas and renewing concern over the country’s exposure t
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Filippine: Terremoto di magnitudo 6 nelle Filippine 5/4/2026 10:29:00 AM.

Scossa registrata sull’isola di Samar a 73 km di profondità, epicentro vicino San Julian. Nessun ferito.

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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),