Reported by EMSCPhilippines19h ago
M3.2 earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines
Saturday, September 26, 2026, 23:53:08 UTC · 8.410°N, 122.960°E
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck in Mindanao, Philippines on Saturday, September 26, 2026, 23:53:08 UTC, at a depth of 17.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 3.2
- Minor · m
- Depth
- 17 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency PIVS
- Nearest tracker
- 184 km
- from Cagayan de Oro
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
440 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
17 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 485 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.919 km WNW of Palimbang, PhilippinesAugust 16, 1976 · 266 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.83 km W of Buga, PhilippinesJanuary 24, 1948 · 268 km N of this epicenter
- 7.661 km W of Bantogon, PhilippinesJuly 23, 2010 · 220 km S of this epicenter
- 7.5Mindanao, PhilippinesMarch 5, 2002 · 300 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.572 km S of Panubigan, PhilippinesJuly 23, 2010 · 185 km S of this epicenter
- 7.410 km ESE of Basak, PhilippinesDecember 19, 1928 · 236 km SE of this epicenter
- 7.4Mindanao, PhilippinesMarch 31, 1955 · 86 km S of this epicenter
- 7.34 km NNW of Tabid, PhilippinesMarch 5, 1984 · 93 km E of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 44 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 8,999 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1976M8.0
Mindanao: S
16 Aug 1976 · 266 km away · intensity VI
8,000 deaths$134 million damagetsunami
- 1955M7.4
Mindanao: Lanao,Ozamiz,Cotabato
31 Mar 1955 · 86 km away · intensity VIII
465 deaths$5 million damagetsunami
- 2013M7.1
Bohol, Cebu, Siquijor Is
15 Oct 2013 · 207 km away · intensity IX
222 deaths$52 million damage
- 1928M7.4
Cotabato,N Coast Of Illana Bay
19 Dec 1928 · 236 km away · intensity VII
97 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)tsunami
- 1948M7.8
Panay, Iloilo City, Antique
24 Jan 1948 · 268 km away · intensity IX
74 deaths$4 million damagetsunami
- 2012M6.7
Negros Oriental Province
6 Feb 2012 · 179 km away · intensity VIII
51 deaths$9 million damagetsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.