Reported by EMSCPhilippines22h ago
M4.1 earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines
Saturday, September 26, 2026, 21:18:10 UTC · 7.480°N, 126.760°E
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in Mindanao, Philippines on Saturday, September 26, 2026, 21:18:10 UTC, at a depth of 19.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 4.1
- Light · m
- Depth
- 19 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency PIVS
- Nearest tracker
- 147 km
- from Davao
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
21 tons of TNT
That is about 1/707 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 22 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
52 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Philippine Sea and Sunda plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
19 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 2,028 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.11924 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeApril 14, 1924 · 115 km SW of this epicenter
- 8.01972 Mindanao, Philippines EarthquakeDecember 2, 1972 · 117 km S of this epicenter
- 7.947 km ESE of Kalbay, PhilippinesMarch 14, 1913 · 236 km SW of this epicenter
- 7.825 km SW of Kablalan, PhilippinesJune 7, 2026 · 281 km SW of this epicenter
- 7.877 km E of Baculin, PhilippinesMay 25, 1943 · 58 km E of this epicenter
- 7.774 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesJuly 12, 1911 · 116 km N of this epicenter
- 7.619 km E of Gamut, PhilippinesDecember 2, 2023 · 122 km N of this epicenter
- 7.637 km ENE of Barcelona, PhilippinesDecember 15, 1989 · 95 km N of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 59 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 427 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1913M7.8
Sangihe Island
14 Mar 1913 · 247 km away · intensity IX
138 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 2026M7.8
Mindanao: S; Indonesia
7 Jun 2026 · 283 km away · intensity VIII
107 deaths$25 million damagetsunami
- 1928M7.4
Cotabato,N Coast Of Illana Bay
19 Dec 1928 · 291 km away · intensity VII
97 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 2019M6.8
Mindanao: Davao
15 Dec 2019 · 194 km away
13 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 2019M6.6
Mindanao: Cotabato, Davao
29 Oct 2019 · 204 km away
13 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 2023M6.7
Mindanao: Davao
17 Nov 2023 · 283 km away · intensity VII
11 deaths$29 million damage
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.