M 4.5 in Philippines on 08 Aug 2026 23:12 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 1556979
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 9.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.5819 , 125.2976
Event Date: 08 Aug 2026 23:12 UTC
09 Aug 2026 07:12 Local
Exposed Population:
30 thousand in MMI>=II
Inserted at: 09 Aug 2026 00:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tjbq 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.
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

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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),