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Historic Earthquake
2025 Cebu Earthquake
30 September 2025 · Cebu, Central Visayas · Philippines
On 30 September 2025 at 13:59 UTC, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Philippines (Cebu, Central Visayas), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Sunda Plate, 227 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 79 people and injured 559. 7,400 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 30 September 2025
- Time
- 13:59 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.9
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 79
- Injuries
- 559
- Homes Destroyed
- 7,400
- Homes Damaged
- 151,979
- Estimated Damage
- 1 million US dollars
- Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Country
- Philippines
- Nearest Volcano
- Biliran (60 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20122012 Samar Earthquake · M 7.61 deaths
- 1995Samar · M 7.2
- 1975Philippines · M 7.61 deaths
- 19731973 Ragay Gulf Earthquake · M 7.515 deaths
- 1970Luzon, Romblon I · M 7.13 deaths
- 1948Panay, Iloilo City · M 7.874 deaths
- 1925Samar I, Laoang I · M 7.3
- 1907Se Luzon, Camarines · M 7.4
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth