M 7.1 in Philippines on 15 Oct 2013 00:12 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1008867
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.1M
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.87 , 124.01
Event Date: 15 Oct 2013 00:12 UTC
15 Oct 2013 08:12 Local
Exposed Population: 530000 people in MMI
5600000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Oct 2013 01:35 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 2.9 0.4 2.9
usb000kdb4 Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.45m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1288 | About casualties: 190 | Last hour: 0

Empress turns 79, voices ‘joy’Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:33:00 +0200.

Empress Michiko, who turned 79 on Sunday, expressed joy over Crown Princess Masako's first official overseas trip in 11 years. "I was truly happy that the ...
Pope prays for Philippines quake victimsSun, 20 Oct 2013 13:55:00 +0200.

Sun 20 Oct 2013 at 14:32. NNA - Pope Francis held prayers in the Vatican Sunday for the victims of an earthquake that hit the Philippines earlier this week, describing the south-eastern Asian country as a "dear nation" to thousands of worsh
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Empresas japonesas generan su propia electricidad tras la experiencia ... Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:35:00 +0200.

Actualmente, alrededor del 70% de la corriente necesaria para las instalaciones es suministrada por una pequeña central de gas de 7.800 kilowatios.
ASEAN assists Philippine earthquake victimsSun, 20 Oct 2013 13:27:00 +0200.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has taken prompt humanitarian actions to help victims of the recent 7.2-magnitude earthquake hitting Visayas, central Philippines.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),