M 5 in Philippines on 02 Sep 2016 12:02 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 1093143
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.2785 , 123.8955
Event Date: 02 Sep 2016 12:02 UTC
02 Sep 2016 20:02 Local
Exposed Population:
1257153 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Sep 2016 12:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006jn0 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 453 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

642 millions de personnes seront touchées d’ici 2040 Une tragédie nomm ... Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:44:00 +0200.

De notre envoyée spéciale à Copenhague, Salima Akkouche Les maladies chroniques non transmissibles sont à l’origine de 77 % des décès en Algérie et le diabète représente la troisième cause de mortalité. Une personne décède toutes les six se
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Typhoons Slamming Asia Are Becoming Frequent And More Intense, Researc ... Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:32:00 +0200.

The impact of warming oceans on fragile marine organisms such as corals is already well-documented. What is less well-known is the effect of warming seas on the intensity and destructive power of tropical cyclones pummeling the coastlines o
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Typhoons getting much stronger due to warmer coastal seas: studyTue, 06 Sep 2016 11:08:00 +0200.

WASHINGTON – Typhoons that slam into Japan, China, Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes. Overall, Asian typhoon intensity has increased by about 12 percent in the last four
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Study: Typhoons that slam Asia getting much strongerTue, 06 Sep 2016 10:39:00 +0200.

WASHINGTON: Typhoons that slam into land in the northwestern Pacific — especially the biggest tropical cyclones of the bunch — have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes. Overall, landfalling Asian typhoon inte
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),