Magnitude 5.8 quake rocks Bogo, Cebu 12 days after deadly quake

Residents of Bogo City and other areas in northern Cebu were awakened by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake a little past 1 a.m. on Monday, October 13, 2025.

The quake was recorded initially at magnitude 6.0.

PHIVOLCS said "This is an aftershock of the 2025 September 30 Mw6.9 Offshore Northern Cebu earthquake."

According to PHIVOLCS, the quake had a depth of 005 kilometers with the reported Intensities:

Intensity V- Tabuelan, Bogo, Tabogon, San Remigio, Medellin, and Daanbantayan, CEBU
Intensity IV - Bantayan, Catmon, Sogod, and Tuburan, CEBU; CITY OF ILOILO; City of Roxas, and Pontevedra, CAPIZ
Intensity III - Argao, San Francisco, and San Fernando, CEBU; City of Tagbilaran, Carlos P. Garcia, and Dauis, BOHOL; City of Canlaon, and City of Himamaylan, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
Intensity I - City of Legazpi, ALBAY
Instrumental intensities:
Intensity V - Villaba, LEYTE
Intensity IV - CITY OF CEBU; City of Danao, City of Talisay, Argao, Asturias, CEBU; Hinunangan, SOUTHERN LEYTE; CITY OR ORMOC; Abuyog, Hilongos, Isabel, Leyte, LEYTE
Intensity III - San Francisco, and San Fernando, CEBU; Alangalang, Dulag, LEYTE; Hinundayan, Silago, Sogos, SOUTHERN LEYTE; City of Bago, City of Canlaon, and City of La Carlota, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL; Talibon, BOHOL; Milagros,
MASBATE; Tapaz, CAPIZ; Rosario, NORTHERN SAMAR
Intensity II - City of Borongan, and Sulat, EASTERN SAMAR; City of Legazpi, ALBAY; Malinao, AKLAN; Gandara, and Villareal, SAMAR; City of Maasin, Malitbog, and San Francisco, SOUTHERN LEYTE; City of Passi, ILOILO; President
Roxas, CAPIZ; Palo, LEYTE; Nueva Valencia, GUIMARAS; Bulusan, SORSOGON; Dalaguete, CEBU; Culaba, BILIRAN
Intensity I - City of Sorsogon, and Donsol, SORSOGON; Quinapondan, and Sulat, EASTERN SAMAR; Balingasag, MISAMIS ORIENTAL; San Lorenzo, GUIMARAS; Padre Burgos, SOUTHERN LEYTE; City of Iriga, CAMARINES SUR; Mambajao, CAMIGUIN

The quake hit just 12 days after a magnitude 6.9 quake on September 30 devasted northern Cebu. At least 72 died in that quake that affected a total of 611,624 people or 165,988 families, and damaged a total of 39,806 houses in Central Visayas.

As of October 10, 2025, at least 79 families or 392 individuals dwell in the tent city in Barangay Cogon in Bogo.

PHIVOLCS has urged the relocation of 44 households along the newly-named Bogo Bay Fault.

According to Bogo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rex Leoben Ygot, the fault system identified by PHIVOLCS is found in three barangays - Libertad, Nailon (na-ee-lon), and Dakit.

The October 13 quake in Cebu followed powerful twin earthquakes in Davao Oriental on October 10, 2025.