Is Pola safe? Philippines travel risk
Is Pola safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Pola scores 61/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Philippines Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 1 Sep 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 15 Jul 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Pola scores 61/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Philippines (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Pola: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (66/100) and natural hazards (80/100).
A score of 61 is higher than the scores of 85% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Geographically located in Oriental Mindoro (13.1439° N, 121.4400° E), Pola sits 169.0 km NNW from Manila at 8 m elevation.
Oriental Mindoro
13.1439° N, 121.4400° E
8 m
Asia/Manila
35,455
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Philippines
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Pola happened in December (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
4 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.2 on 15 Jun 2023 (104 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.7 on 5 Dec 2023 (127 km away) — USGS details
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