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Kanlaon, Philippines

Real events · Eruption · 10 October 2026

Volcanic eruption: Kanlaon, Philippines

Photo of the area, not of this event · Photo: Bien02, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

On 10 October 2026 GDACS raised the alert level for this volcano to orange: Kanlaon, Philippines.

orangeGDACS
953,830people within 30 km

Updated 19 October 2026 · All times are UTC.

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Key facts

Time
10 October 2026, 05:58 UTC
Alert level
GDACS: orange
Coordinates
10.41, 123.13
Source
GDACS

What the simulator shows

Modelled zones around the event point.
Modelled zones around the event point.
≤30 km953,830
≤100 km7,926,457

Towns listed in GeoNames within 30 km of the volcano are home to 953,830 people, and those within 100 km to 7,926,457 people: the distances at which ash fall and pyroclastic flows matter most in a large eruption. The simulator opens a VEI 3 scenario here; move the slider to compare eruption sizes.

TownDistancePopulation
Cebu City84 km965,332
Lapu-Lapu City90 km497,813
Iloilo70 km473,728
Bacolod City35 km454,898
Mansilingan30 km454,150
Mandaue City87 km331,320
Kabankalan59 km210,893
Toledo56 km206,692

This is a simplified model, not a damage report. Real effects depend on soil, buildings, terrain and the details of the event.

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