Philippine authorities announced this Monday the detection of a new earthquake off the island of Mindanao, in the south of the archipelago, just a week after another earthquake caused at least 65 deaths and left thousands of victims and displaced people in various areas of the country.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) details on its official portal that the tremor, with a magnitude of 6.2 on the open Richter scale, was registered around 5:00 PM (local time), with a hypocenter located at a depth of approximately 112 kilometers.
According to this organization, the epicenter is located approximately 160 kilometers from the coastline of the municipality of Gobernador Generoso, in the Davao Oriental region, and is of a tectonic origin.
Emergency services have specified that the areas where the strongest shaking was felt are General Santos and South Cotabato, while Davao del Sur, Malungon, Sarangani, Koronadal City, and Tupi have been classified within the second intensity level.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) stated on Sunday in its most recent report that more than 173,000 families have been affected by the previous week's earthquake, totaling 724,000 people. Additionally, it estimated that around 54,000 homes were damaged, of which 9,900 were completely destroyed.
The Philippines is located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismically very active belt where around 90% of the planet's earthquakes originate. In September 2025, nearly 70 people lost their lives and approximately 150 others were injured as a result of a magnitude 6.9 earthquake on the open Richter scale recorded in Cebu, in the central part of the country.