M 4.8 in Philippines on 14 Jul 2026 07:18 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 1551772
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.7846 , 123.0967
Event Date: 14 Jul 2026 07:18 UTC
14 Jul 2026 15:18 Local
Exposed Population:
80 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 14 Jul 2026 08:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t09r Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 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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Latest media headlines

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off southern Philippines following se.. 7/14/2026 6:05:00 PM.

The U.S. Geological Survey said that the earthquake struck at 11:49 p.m. local time (15:49:41 UTC) about 21 miles west south-west of Sarangani, at a depth of about 42.2 miles.
6.5-magnitude offshore earthquake strikes S. Philippines 7/14/2026 5:15:00 PM.

MANILA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said a 6.5-magnitude offshore earthquake struck Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines on Tuesday night. The institute said the tectonic earth
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.05 strikes Philippines'' Mindanao 7/14/2026 4:49:00 PM.

A magnitude 6.05 earthquake struck Mindanao in the Philippines on Tuesday, according to a Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) bulletin. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), and it struck on July 14 at 11:49pm local
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6.2-magnitude quake hits 34 km WSW of Sarangani, Philippines: USGS 7/14/2026 4:49:00 PM.

HONG KONG: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 34 km WSW of Sarangani, Philippines at 1549:41 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 67.9 km, was initially determined to be at 5.33 degrees n
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),