M 5.1 in Philippines on 09 Aug 2015 04:49 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1062573
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 86.73 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.4177 , 120.529
Event Date: 09 Aug 2015 04:49 UTC
09 Aug 2015 12:49 Local
Exposed Population:
2947458 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Aug 2015 05:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.4 -0.4
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
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Minister rejects call to end his holiday over homeless crisis 8/13/2015 4:15:00 AM.

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Myanmar: CAFOD responds to Myanmar floods 8/12/2015 10:43:00 AM.

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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),