Philippines
PHL · 2024 energy mix · renewables 11.8% · fossil fuels 87.2%
Threat reading 48 of 100, classified HIGH THREAT, HOLDING. 6 events recorded here in the last seven days, 6 in the last thirty.
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Where its energy comes from
| Coal | 41.3% |
|---|---|
| Oil | 40.7% |
| Other renewables | 5.7% |
| Gas | 5.1% |
| Hydro | 4.1% |
| Solar | 1.4% |
| Wind | 0.5% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 11.8% and fossil fuels for 87.2%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Philippines is close to balanced on electricity trade.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 233 significant earthquakes, 55 tsunamis and 47 significant eruptions in or just off Philippines since 1572.
The deadliest was the 16 August 1976 magnitude 8.0 earthquake (Philippines: Mindanao: S), which killed 8,000 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 8.7, on 21 September 1897 (Philippines: Mindanao, Zamboanga, Sulu, Isabela).
The most recent entry is the 5 August 2026 magnitude 6.3 earthquake (Philippines: Sarangani).
Across the entries that record a death toll, 23,564 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 1976 | magnitude 8.0 earthquake | Philippines: Mindanao: S | 8,000 dead, $134 million damage |
| 16 August 1976 | tsunami (waves to 9 m) | Moro Gulf | 8,000 dead, $134 million damage |
| 16 July 1990 | magnitude 7.8 earthquake | Philippines: Baguio, Cabanatuan, Dagupan | 2,412 dead, $370 million damage |
| 16 July 1990 | tsunami (waves to 2 m) | W. Luzon Island | 2,412 dead, $370 million damage |
| 1875 | eruption | Mayon, Luzon-Philippines | 1,500 dead |
| 30 January 1911 | tsunami (waves to 3 m) | Taal, Luzon Island | 1,335 dead, 543 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 30 January 1911 | VEI 3 eruption | Taal, Luzon-Philippines | 1,335 dead, 543 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 27 January 1911 | earthquake | Philippines: Luzon: Taal Volcano | 1,335 dead, 543 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 30 November 2006 | VEI 1 eruption | Mayon, Luzon-Philippines | 1,266 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 1 February 1814 | VEI 4 eruption | Mayon, Luzon-Philippines | 1,200 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 15 June 1991 | VEI 6 eruption | Pinatubo, Luzon-Philippines | 800 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 15 June 1991 | magnitude 5.5 earthquake | Philippines: Luzon: Manila, Pinatubo Eruption | 800 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 30 November 1645 | magnitude 8.0 earthquake | Philippines: Luzon: S Batangas To N Cagayan | 600 dead, damage over $25 million |
| 4 December 1951 | VEI 3 eruption | Camiguin, Mindanao-Philippines | 500 dead |
| 31 March 1955 | magnitude 7.4 earthquake | Philippines: Mindanao: Lanao, Ozamiz, Cotabato | 465 dead, $5 million damage |
| 3 June 1863 | magnitude 6.5 earthquake | Philippines: Manila, Rizal, Bulacan | 400 dead, 1,172 homes destroyed, damage over $25 million |
| 28 September 1965 | VEI 4 eruption | Taal, Luzon-Philippines | 355 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 28 September 1965 | tsunami (waves to 4.7 m) | Taal, Luzon Island | 355 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 23 May 1897 | VEI 3 eruption | Mayon, Luzon-Philippines | 350 dead |
| 1 August 1968 | magnitude 7.3 earthquake | Philippines: Luzon: Manila | 270 dead, $8 million damage |
| 1 August 1968 | tsunami (waves to 0.2 m) | E. Luzon Island | 270 dead, $8 million damage |
| 15 October 2013 | magnitude 7.1 earthquake | Philippines: Bohol, Cebu, Siquijor Is | 222 dead, $52 million damage |
| 30 June 1981 | eruption | Mayon, Luzon-Philippines | 200 dead |
| 12 April 2022 | tsunami (waves to 12 m) | Abuyog, Leyte | 170 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 7 June 2026 | magnitude 7.8 earthquake | Philippines: Mindanao: S; Indonesia | 107 dead, 19,195 homes destroyed, $25 million damage |
These are the 25 deadliest and largest of 335 entries. A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in Philippines:
- 7 November 2026: Kanlaon volcano: Alert Level 2 (PHIVOLCS)
- 7 November 2026: Bulusan volcano: Alert Level 1 (PHIVOLCS)
- 7 November 2026: Taal volcano: Alert Level 1 (PHIVOLCS)
- 7 November 2026: Mayon volcano: Alert Level 3 (PHIVOLCS)
- 7 November 2026: M 3.4 - MASBATE REGION, PHILIPPINES
- 5 November 2026: Flood in Philippines
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 10 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 25 |
| Security | 0 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 22 |
| Natural hazard | 65 |
| Resilience | 69 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.