October 29, 2019 Earthquake: Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines on October 29, 2019 at 01:04:44 UTC, 15 km below the surface. It killed 13 people.
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
- October 29, 2019
- Time
- 01:04:44 UTC
- Place
- Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines
- Magnitude
- 6.6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 15 km (9 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 6.802° N, 125.040° E
- Country
- Philippines
The toll
- Deaths
- 12; 13 with its tsunami and other effects
- Missing
- Few (about 1 to 50) with its tsunami and other effects
- Injuries
- 417; 562 with its tsunami and other effects
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 22,363; 23,303 with its tsunami and other effects
- Houses damaged
- 12,119; 15,306 with its tsunami and other effects
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.
Deaths: 3 Region XI (Davao del Sur), 10 Region XII (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat). Missing: 3 (combined with 31 Oct event).Note: Infrastructure damages combined with 31 October earthquake. (reference #12543)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 16, 1976, S, Mindanao, Philippines
- June 7, 2026, S, Indonesia, Mindanao, Philippines
- December 19, 1928, Cotabato,n Coast of Illana Bay, Philippines
- August 15, 1918, Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines
- March 5, 2002, Mindanao, Philippines
- December 15, 2019, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines
- November 17, 2023, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines
- October 31, 2019, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
- October 10, 2025, Mindanao, Philippines
- October 16, 2019, Cotabato, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines
- January 31, 1917, Glan,glan Padidu,tuyan, S Mindanao, Philippines
- November 4, 1870, Davao,blanco, Mindanao, Philippines
- March 18, 1985, Pagadian, Zamboanga, Philippines
- July 9, 2019, Makilala, Tulunan, Mindanao, Philippines
- May 23, 1987, Talakag-Malaybalay, 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 10454.