The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded a Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake at a depth of 23 km about 48 km to the northeast of the town of Manay in Davao Oriental Province on Mindanao Island, Philippines, slightly before 9.45 am local time (slightly before 1.45 am GMT) on Friday 10 October 2025. At least seven people have been reported dead following the Earthquake, including a woman struck by falling debris and two patients who suffered heart attacks in hospitals. A large number of buildings have been damaged, including a hospital, and several hundred people are reported to have been injured. The event was felt across the southeastern Philippines, and triggered a tsunami warning in parts of the Philippines and Japan, although in the event no major wave damage occurred. The initial event has been followed by a series of large aftershocks, some of which have had magnitudes in excess of 6.0.
The geology of the central Philippines is Complex. The west of Mindanao Island is located on the Banda (or Sunda) Microplate, and the east on the Philippine Plate, which is being subducted beneath the Sunda (or Banda) Microplate along the central part of the island. Immediately to the east of the Island the Pacific Plate is being subducted along the Philippine Trench, and passes beneath eastern Mindanao as it sinks into the Earth. This is not a smooth process, an the plates constantly stick together then break apart again as the pressure builds up, resulting in Earthquakes.
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