M 4.5 in Philippines on 28 Feb 2021 22:51 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 1257939
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 11.68 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.651 , 124.9865
Event Date: 28 Feb 2021 22:51 UTC
01 Mar 2021 06:51 Local
Exposed Population:
7540000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Mar 2021 04:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us7000defc Scaled population (vector) 6.9  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.18  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 137 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

No tsunami threat to PH after strong quake strikes off New Zealand, sa ... Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:53:00 +0100.

MANILA - There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines, the Phivolcs said, after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck east of New Zealand's north island in the early hours of Friday. According to the Phivolcs, tsunami waves are only possible f
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Moderate magnitude 4.7 earthquake 74 km southwest of Pinotepa Nacional ... Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:42:00 +0100.

Hungary's Seismological Observatory (Hungarian National Seismological Network) reported a magnitude 3.0 quake in Austria near Graz, Graz Stadt, Styria, 39 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early afternoon on Thursday 4 March 2021 at 3:29 pm l
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No tsunami threat to PH due to magnitude 7.3 quake in New ZealandThu, 04 Mar 2021 16:10:00 +0100.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said there is no tsunami threat to the Philippines following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit New Zealand on Thursday night, March 4. In an advisory, Phivolcs said a maj
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Japan orders record 6,000 tons of Taiwan pineapplesThu, 04 Mar 2021 11:25:00 +0100.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) In response to China's ban on imports of Taiwan-grown pineapples, Taiwan has found a welcome market for the tropical fruits in Japan, which has already pre-ordered over 6,000 metric tons, shattering previous records. Du
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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),