M 5.4 in Philippines on 18 Oct 2025 12:31 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 1505847
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 63.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.8617 , 126.4677
Event Date: 18 Oct 2025 12:31 UTC
18 Oct 2025 20:31 Local
Exposed Population: 2.2 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2025 12:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ri11 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, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

DepEd tallies nearly P13B worth of damage to schools due to Cebu earth.. 10/22/2025 11:37:00 AM.

CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Education, through its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service (DepEd DRRMS), said the estimated damage to schools caused by the September 30 earthquake in Cebu has reached at least P12.69 billio
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DepEd suspends classes Oct 27-30 for ''wellness break'' amid storms, f.. 10/22/2025 11:04:00 AM.

MANILA, Philippines There will be no classes in public schools from Oct. 27 to 30 to give way for a “wellness break” amid recent calamities that struck various parts of the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) declared Wednesday. Ac
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Viral: Kind teacher prepares earthquake hardhats for pupils in South C.. 10/22/2025 10:17:00 AM.

A kind teacher prepared earthquake hard hats for her pupils in the Philippines. Schoolteacher Elaine Jade Diolola and her husband handcrafted storage holders for the blue safety helmets beneath her pupils’ chairs at South Cembo Elementary S
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MEXC Foundation Mobilizes Emergency Relief for Philippines Earthquakes 10/22/2025 10:05:00 AM.

VICTORIA, Seychelles, Oct. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEXC Foundation, the impact-driven arm of MEXC Group, has launched an emergency relief operation in Philippines following the devastating 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Cebu on September
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),