The 2019 Cotabato earthquakes were an earthquake swarm which struck the province of Cotabato on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines in October 2019,[6] of which three earthquakes were above 6.0 in the magnitude scale with an intensity VIII. The first was on October 16, a magnitude 6.3 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near Tulunan.[7] At least 7 people were killed and 215 others were injured.[8] The second earthquake was on October 29, a magnitude 6.6 event with an epicenter near Bual, to the northeast of the 16 October event. The third earthquake was on October 31, a magnitude 6.5 with epicenter near Tulunan.