M 5.3 in Philippines on 13 Aug 2026 18:39 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 1557856
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 66.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.3002 , 125.4836
Event Date: 13 Aug 2026 18:39 UTC
14 Aug 2026 02:39 Local
Exposed Population:
1.1 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 13 Aug 2026 18:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000tkig 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

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BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Mindanao, Philippines at 1839 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Mindanao, Philippines -- GFZ 8/13/2026 7:08:00 PM.

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Mindanao, Philippines at 1839 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to
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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),