M 5.4 in Philippines on 15 Oct 2013 08:52 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1008912
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 19.35 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.86 , 123.99
Event Date: 15 Oct 2013 08:52 UTC
15 Oct 2013 16:52 Local
Exposed Population:
5600343 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Oct 2013 09:14 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1 1
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.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 694 | About casualties: 150 | Last hour: 0

No reported structural damage from earthquakeWed, 16 Oct 2013 09:36:00 +0200.

Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) has confirmed that there have been no reports of structural damage following Friday night's earthquake. Friday night’s magnitude 6.4 earthquake was the largest the country has experienced in some ti
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Séisme aux Philippines: le bilan dépasse les 100 mortsWed, 16 Oct 2013 09:33:00 +0200.

Loon (Philippines) (AFP) Les secours s'efforçaient mercredi d'atteindre les communautés isolées sur deux grandes îles du centre des Philippines, hauts-lieux touristiques, au lendemain d'un puissant séisme dont le bilan dépasse désormais la
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Tifón deja al menos 14 muertos en JapónWed, 16 Oct 2013 09:33:00 +0200.

Un tifón causó deslaves que enterraron a varias personas y destruyeron viviendas el miércoles en una isla de Japón, antes de precipitarse sobre la costa del Pacífico, donde hubo que cancelar cientos de vuelos, y afectó el transporte público
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Séisme aux Philippines: le bilan dépasse les 100 mortsWed, 16 Oct 2013 09:26:00 +0200.

Les secours s'efforçaient mercredi d'atteindre les communautés isolées sur deux grandes îles du centre des Philippines, hauts-lieux touristiques, au lendemain d'un puissant séisme dont le bilan dépasse désormais la centaine de morts. Le tre
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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),