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Magnitude3.1

Reported by EMSCPhilippines13d ago

M3.1 earthquake in Negros- Cebu Reg, Philippines

Monday, September 14, 2026, 10:03:00 UTC · 9.020°N, 123.130°E

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck in Negros- Cebu Reg, Philippines on Monday, September 14, 2026, 10:03:00 UTC, at a depth of 2.0 km (shallow).

Magnitude
3.1
Minor · m
Depth
2 km
Shallow
Reported by
EMSC
Agency PIVS
Nearest tracker
166 km
from Cebu City

Outlined circle: this earthquake

In context

How big was it, and why here?

Energy released

674 kg of TNT

That is about 1/22,353 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 708 times more energy.

Tectonic setting

402 km

from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Philippine Sea and Sunda plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.

Depth: shallow

2 km

Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.

After the main event

Aftershocks within 50 km

USGS and EMSC have not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.

Regional history

Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km

USGS lists 540 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:

  1. 7.83 km W of Buga, PhilippinesJanuary 24, 1948 · 212 km NW of this epicenter
  2. 7.661 km W of Bantogon, PhilippinesJuly 23, 2010 · 283 km S of this epicenter
  3. 7.572 km S of Panubigan, PhilippinesJuly 23, 2010 · 250 km S of this epicenter
  4. 7.410 km ESE of Basak, PhilippinesDecember 19, 1928 · 285 km SE of this epicenter
  5. 7.4Mindanao, PhilippinesMarch 31, 1955 · 151 km S of this epicenter
  6. 7.34 km NNW of Tabid, PhilippinesMarch 5, 1984 · 119 km SE of this epicenter
  7. 7.368 km W of Gadung, PhilippinesJuly 23, 2010 · 258 km S of this epicenter
  8. 7.312 km SSW of Kipit, PhilippinesOctober 20, 1942 · 139 km SW of this epicenter

History · NOAA

Deadliest earthquakes in this area

NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 49 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1,039 recorded deaths. The most severe:

  1. 1955M7.4

    Mindanao: Lanao,Ozamiz,Cotabato

    31 Mar 1955 · 151 km away · intensity VIII

    465 deaths$5 million damagetsunami

  2. 2013M7.1

    Bohol, Cebu, Siquijor Is

    15 Oct 2013 · 144 km away · intensity IX

    222 deaths$52 million damage

  3. 1928M7.4

    Cotabato,N Coast Of Illana Bay

    19 Dec 1928 · 285 km away · intensity VII

    97 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami

  4. 2025M6.9

    Cebu, Central Visayas

    30 Sep 2025 · 261 km away · intensity VII

    79 deaths$1 million damage

  5. 1948M7.8

    Panay, Iloilo City, Antique

    24 Jan 1948 · 212 km away · intensity IX

    74 deaths$4 million damagetsunami

  6. 2012M6.7

    Negros Oriental Province

    6 Feb 2012 · 109 km away · intensity VIII

    51 deaths$9 million damagetsunami

NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.

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