M 4.5 in Philippines on 16 Nov 2025 06:35 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 1510522
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 86.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.4806 , 126.1312
Event Date: 16 Nov 2025 06:35 UTC
16 Nov 2025 14:35 Local
Exposed Population:
4.2 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 16 Nov 2025 07:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000rnk2 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, 2025. 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)

Latest media headlines

Ring of Fire 11/20/2025 5:24:00 AM.

MANILA — A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck offshore in the southern Philippines early Friday, triggering tsunami warnings across the region and prompting residents in coastal areas to flee to higher ground. According to the Philippine Insti
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Mandaue City schools assure flexy learning for typhoon-hit students 11/19/2025 5:31:00 PM.

CEBU, Philippines While classes have resumed in most parts of Cebu, the Department of Education (DepEd) Mandaue City Division has assured students affected by Typhoon Tino that they have nothing to worry about as schools continue to adjust
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Cordova draws barangays into contingency planning for emergencies 11/19/2025 10:08:00 AM.

Youth and barangay officials join a Barangay Contingency Plan-Making session the Municipality of ?Cordova convened on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. | Municipality of Cordova/FB. CEBU CITY, Philippines The Municipality of Cordova, through its Muni
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Visayas grid on yellow alert Wednesday 11/19/2025 3:35:00 AM.

CAPACITY ISSUES . The Visayas Grid is on yellow alert from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday (Nov. 19, 2025) due to insufficient power supply, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. It cited as major factors to the yello
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),