M 5.5 in Philippines on 31 Aug 2018 14:40 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 1155428
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 139.95 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.5558 , 120.9025
Event Date: 31 Aug 2018 14:40 UTC
31 Aug 2018 22:40 Local
Exposed Population: 11040000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Aug 2018 14:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us2000h5z6 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0.43  
  C2 shakemap 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Latest media headlines

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Indonesia: ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update, 27 August – 2 September 2018Mon, 03 Sep 2018 10:08:00 +0200.

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Wayne HaySat, 01 Sep 2018 12:06:00 +0200.

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Manila Hit by 5.2 EarthquakeSat, 01 Sep 2018 04:22:00 +0200.

A 5.2 earthquake hit the Philippines on Friday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The quake struck at around 10:40 p.m. local time, hitting Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro, at a depth of 111 ki
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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),