M 5.3 in Philippines on 18 Jun 2026 06:57 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 1547214
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 95.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.7634 , 125.1953
Event Date: 18 Jun 2026 06:57 UTC
18 Jun 2026 14:57 Local
Exposed Population:
2.8 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 18 Jun 2026 07:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000su9f Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. 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.

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Latest media headlines

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VP Sara visits quake-hit Davao Occidental towns 6/21/2026 4:39:00 PM.

COTABATO CITY, Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte celebrated Father’s Day yesterday by visiting families hit by the powerful earthquake in the towns of Sarangani and Jose Abad Santos in Davao Occidental. Duterte checked on the conditio
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VP Duterte visits quake victims in Davao Occidental, Sarangani 6/21/2026 11:44:00 AM.

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday visited victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Mindanao. "We first visited Barangay Nuing in Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental, to personally check on them and know thei
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Sarangani fisherfolk worry for their livelihood after coastal uplift 6/21/2026 7:42:00 AM.

SARANGANI, Philippines – Genn Abubacar, a 53-year-old fisherman, was inside their house along the coast of Barangay Pangyan, Glan, when the His family and neighbors could not flee to higher ground as quickly as they wanted because of the vi
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),