Which Philippine cities have the most earthquakes nearby?

As of the latest data, Bogo (Cebu) leads with 170, followed by General Santos and Tandag. Ranked by M2.5+ earthquakes within ~40 km in the last 365 days. M2.5+ earthquakes within ~40 km of each city, trailing 365 days. Source: USGS + PHIVOLCS + EMSC (deduped).

Data ranking

🏙️ Most Seismically Active Philippine Cities

Philippine cities ranked by the number of magnitude-2.5-and-greater earthquakes catalogued within ~40 km over the past 365 days.

Entries ranked

Bogo

Updated

Live

every 30 min

#	Name	Quakes (365d)	Strongest	Province
1	BogoCebu	170	M5.2	Cebu
2	General SantosSouth Cotabato	139	M5.3	South Cotabato
3	TandagSurigao del Sur	103	M5.5	Surigao del Sur
4	CabadbaranAgusan del Norte	42	M5.2	Agusan del Norte
5	MatiDavao Oriental	42	M4.7	Davao Oriental
6	ViganIlocos Sur	39	M3.6	Ilocos Sur
7	OrmocLeyte	36	M3.7	Leyte
8	Masbate CityMasbate	31	M4.5	Masbate
9	Surigao CitySurigao del Norte	30	M5.1	Surigao del Norte
10	BisligSurigao del Sur	30	M4.6	Surigao del Sur
11	SipalayNegros Occidental	27	M3.9	Negros Occidental
12	BatacIlocos Norte	24	M4.6	Ilocos Norte
13	BayuganAgusan del Sur	22	M5.1	Agusan del Sur
14	LegazpiAlbay	16	M5.3	Albay
15	LaoagIlocos Norte	15	M4.9	Ilocos Norte

Methodology

Every M2.5+ earthquake in the past 365 days is assigned to the single nearest city (capped at 40 km) and counted. Catalog is the deduped USGS + PHIVOLCS + EMSC feed.

M2.5+ earthquakes within ~40 km of each city, trailing 365 days. Source: USGS + PHIVOLCS + EMSC (deduped).

Free to cite. Link back to this live ranking:

Embed / cite this ranking

<a href="https://publicwatch.world/earthquakes/rankings/most-active-cities">Most Seismically Active Philippine Cities — QuakeGlobe</a>

Other rankings

🗺️Most Seismically Active Philippine ProvincesPhilippine provinces ranked by the number of magnitude-2.5-and-greater earthquakes catalogued within ~75 km over the past 365 days.⏰Volcanoes Most Overdue for EruptionActive volcanoes ranked by how far past their average eruption interval they are — years since the last eruption divided by the modeled mean recurrence.🌋Volcanoes Most Likely to Erupt This YearVolcanoes ranked by their modeled probability of at least one eruption in the next 12 months, from our Poisson eruption-forecast model.⚠️Most Dangerous Volcanoes by Population at RiskVolcanoes ranked by an exposure index — the population within 30 km multiplied by the modeled 1-year eruption probability — combining how likely and how consequential an eruption would be.