Reported by EMSCPhilippines2d ago
M3.2 earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines
Friday, September 25, 2026, 07:24:15 UTC · 5.950°N, 124.340°E
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck in Mindanao, Philippines on Friday, September 25, 2026, 07:24:15 UTC, at a depth of 10.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 3.2
- Minor · m
- Depth
- 10 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency PIVS
- Nearest tracker
- 94 km
- from General Santos
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
951 kg of TNT
That is about 1/15,825 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 501 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
327 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
10 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 1,377 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.31918 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeAugust 15, 1918 · 60 km SW of this epicenter
- 8.11924 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeApril 14, 1924 · 215 km E of this epicenter
- 8.01972 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeDecember 2, 1972 · 263 km E of this epicenter
- 7.919 km WNW of Palimbang, PhilippinesAugust 16, 1976 · 49 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.947 km ESE of Kalbay, PhilippinesMarch 14, 1913 · 177 km E of this epicenter
- 7.825 km SW of Kablalan, PhilippinesJune 7, 2026 · 88 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.8161 km SE of Sarangani, PhilippinesApril 1, 1936 · 293 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.7228 km SW of Sarangani, PhilippinesJune 11, 1972 · 242 km S of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 53 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 11,773 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1976M8.0
Mindanao: S
16 Aug 1976 · 47 km away · intensity VI
8,000 deaths$134 million damagetsunami
- 1856
Sangihe Pulau (Volcanic)
2 Mar 1856 · 284 km away
2,806 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1955M7.4
Mindanao: Lanao,Ozamiz,Cotabato
31 Mar 1955 · 230 km away · intensity VIII
465 deaths$5 million damagetsunami
- 1913M7.8
Sangihe Island
14 Mar 1913 · 208 km away · intensity IX
138 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 2026M7.8
Mindanao: S; Indonesia
7 Jun 2026 · 88 km away · intensity VIII
107 deaths$25 million damagetsunami
- 1928M7.4
Cotabato,N Coast Of Illana Bay
19 Dec 1928 · 85 km away · intensity VII
97 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.