M 6.3 in Philippines on 05 Aug 2026 04:14 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 1556215
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.1812 , 125.276
Event Date: 05 Aug 2026 04:14 UTC
05 Aug 2026 12:14 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 05 Aug 2026 04:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.1 0.8
us6000ti6x Scaled population (raster) 2 Max wave alert 0.11m  
  C1 shakemap 0.43 Max wave realtime 0.11m  
  C2 shakemap 0.27      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.89      
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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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 (90), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),