M 5.8 in Philippines on 17 Feb 2014 05:55 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1026153
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10.41 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.55 , 120.43
Event Date: 17 Feb 2014 05:55 UTC
17 Feb 2014 13:55 Local
Exposed Population:
892114 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Feb 2014 06:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.1 1.1
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Latest media headlines

One billion rise for justice 2/15/2014 7:33:00 AM.

“The three issues of injustices namely, Aquino’s criminal neglect of victims of calamities, his neo-liberal policies that result in high prices of basic goods and utilities, and government’s unabated corruption, served to further push women
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Habitat for Humanity breaks ground on reconstruction following Typhoon.. 2/14/2014 9:03:00 PM.

BANGKOK, Feb. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, Feb. 10, Habitat for Humanity broke ground and laid the first bricks at a reconstruction site in Santa Fe, a municipality of Bantayan Island, in the Philippine province of Cebu. (Logo:...
Habitat for Humanity breaks ground on reconstruction following Typhoon.. 2/14/2014 8:44:00 PM.

The groundbreaking marked the start of reconstruction efforts by Habitat for Humanity Philippines in the affected area, with funding from Christian Aid Ministries. The event was attended by beneficiaries, government officials and internatio
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Poor conditions at Zambo evacuation centers kill 81 A CATHOLIC Church .. 2/14/2014 5:23:00 PM.

Poor conditions at Zambo evacuation centers kill 81. A CATHOLIC Church official on Friday expressed alarm over the rising number of deaths in evacuation centers in Zamboanga City, saying that various illnesses are claiming a life every day.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),