Philippines earthquakes

M7.8 earthquake 25 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck 25 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines on Mon, Jun 8, 2026, 7:37 AM GMT+8 (23:37 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 7.8 (mww), major
Local time: Mon, Jun 8, 2026, 7:37 AM GMT+8
UTC: 2026-06-07 23:37:41 UTC
Depth: 57.0 km (35.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 5.599° N, 125.056° E
Region: Philippines
Felt reports: 626
Strongest shaking: IX, violent shaking
PAGER alert: Orange
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: IX, violent shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 96.7% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 81.1 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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Did you feel it?

626 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IX, violent shaking.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Orange: significant damage and deaths likely, a national response

Deaths: estimated chance of each range
Range	Chance
Under 1	Under 1%
1 to 10	11%
10 to 100	37%
100 to 1,000	38%
1,000 to 10,000	12%
10,000 to 100,000	1%
100,000 to 10,000,000	Under 1%

Economic losses: estimated chance of each range
Range, million USD	Chance
Under 1	Under 1%
1 to 10	6%
10 to 100	21%
100 to 1,000	35%
1,000 to 10,000	27%
10,000 to 100,000	9%
100,000 to 10,000,000	2%

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 7.8 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 161°, dip 45°, rake 77°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 359°, dip 47°, rake 103°
Landslide alert: Orange
Liquefaction alert: Red

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 9.0 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 21°
Stations used: 150

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 200.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000srb1 (also filed as usauto7000srb1). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.