July 3, 2015 Earthquake: Mindanao, Philippines
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines on July 3, 2015 at 06:43:21 UTC, 32 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- July 3, 2015
- Time
- 06:43:21 UTC
- Place
- Mindanao, Philippines
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 32 km (20 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 10.169° N, 125.891° E
- Country
- Philippines
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
One person died from a heart attack at Balingasag, Mindanao. Felt (V PIVS) at Carrascal, Surigao and Talacogon; (IV PIVS) at Butuan; (III PIVS) at Davao, Gingoog and Tandag; (III) at Barra. Felt (V PIVS) on Bucas Grande Island and at General Luna, Siargao Island. Felt (IV PIVS) on Dinagat Island and (IV) at Manila, Luzon. Felt (III PIVS) at Consolacion and Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu; Dulag, Hinunangan, Palo, Saint Bernard, San Juan and Tacloban, Leyte; Balangiga and Guiuan, Samar. Felt (II PIVS) at Mambajao, Camiguin Island. Felt in parts of Cebu, Leyte, Mindanao and Samar. Madrid, Caraga, Philippines - CDI: 7; Brasilisa, Caraga, Philippines - CDI: 5; Basag, Caraga, Philippines - CDI: 5; Claver, Caraga, Philippines - CDI: 4; Purok, Caraga, Philippines - CDI: 4(reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 15, 2013, Bohol, Cebu, Siquijor Is, Philippines
- February 10, 2017, Surigao del Norte, Philippines
- February 8, 1990, Bohol, Cebu, Cagayan DE Oro, Camiguin, Philippines
- February 27, 1922, Cebu Island, Mactan Island, Philippines
- July 6, 2017, Leyte, Philippines
- December 2, 2023, E, Mindanao, Philippines
- August 22, 2017, Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines
- March 5, 2017, Surigao del Norte, Philippines
- March 26, 1990, Santiago, Philippines
- August 31, 2012, Cagayan DE Oro, Tacloban, Philippines
- November 7, 2007, Mabini, Bohol Island, Philippines
- March 16, 2012, Surigao, Philippines
- June 30, 1879, Surigao, NW Mindanao, Philippines
- February 22, 1885, Surigao, E Mindanao, Philippines
- March 3, 2011, Mindanao, Philippines
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10338.