M 5.1 in Philippines on 17 Mar 2014 05:30 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 1027689
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 84.63 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.5019 , 125.3151
Event Date: 17 Mar 2014 05:30 UTC
17 Mar 2014 13:30 Local
Exposed Population:
2089092 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Mar 2014 05:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.5 -0.5
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 447 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

The Responsible TouristWed, 19 Mar 2014 17:53:00 +0100.

March... known up here in the High Caucasus as a dangerous month. You’ve had a winter’s worth of snow, if you live here; but it may have melted somewhat or a lot, and your feet are itching to get up into the mountains again, high up. Or you
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Study reveals tsunami riskWed, 19 Mar 2014 17:49:00 +0100.

A new survey has reaffirmed the threat of an underwater landslide sending a rapid-fire tsunami towards the Kaikoura coast.Earlier this year, scientists from the The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) returned...
Malaysia Airlines : gare aux arnaques qui circulent sur le webWed, 19 Mar 2014 17:49:00 +0100.

Des fraudeurs profitent de la confusion régnant autour de la disparition du vol MH370 pour soutirer des données personnelles et de l'argent aux internautes.
W Japonii atom dalej będzie odgrywał dużą rolęWed, 19 Mar 2014 17:44:00 +0100.

Energia jądrowa będzie dalej odgrywać ważną rolę w Japonii, a wnioski z awarii Fukushimie są wprowadzane w życie - przekonywali w środę w Warszawie przedstawiciele japońskiego przemysłu jądrowego. Ich zdaniem bez atomu nie da się znacząco o
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),