Philippines

Brief · 15 September 2026

An M5.0 earthquake struck 154 km south of Sarangani, Philippines, on 9 September 2026 at a depth of 10 km, with an estimated 10,417 people exposed to shaking. The event remains ongoing under GDACS orange severity. Other tracked activity in the country this week includes a regional drought affecting Southeast Asia and continuing volcanic activity at Mayon.

Earthquake An M5.0 earthquake occurred 154 km south of Sarangani on 9 September 2026 at a depth of 10 km, with approximately 10,417 people, including 10,000 in the MMI IV shaking zone, estimated to have been exposed.

Drought A drought spanning Australia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam is affecting an area of 1,608,359 km2, first tracked on 27 July 2026.

Volcano Mayon volcano remains in continuing eruption at alert level Green, with an estimated population exposure of 9,455,458.

• A drought affecting the Philippines and several neighbouring countries, first tracked on 27 July 2026, is noted as a new event.
• Continuing eruptive activity at Mayon volcano, first tracked on 13 September 2026, is noted as a new event.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.