M 5.2 in Philippines on 14 Jul 2026 13:15 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 1551813
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 11.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.6727 , 125.3976
Event Date: 14 Jul 2026 13:15 UTC
14 Jul 2026 21:15 Local
Exposed Population:
40 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 16 Jul 2026 21:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
us7000t0bm Scaled population (vector) 0.9  
  C1 rapid impact 0.43  
  C2 rapid impact 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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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),