M 6.2 in Philippines on 15 May 2014 10:16 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 1031754
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 13.99 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.3763 , 122.0681
Event Date: 15 May 2014 10:16 UTC
15 May 2014 18:16 Local
Exposed Population:
544603 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 May 2014 12:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 1.2
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 271 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

- Erdbeben erschüttert indonesische Insel SumatraSun, 18 May 2014 05:53:00 +0200.

Ein Erdbeben hat am frühen Morgen die indonesische Insel Sumatra erschüttert. Es hatte die Stärke 6,2. Nach Angaben der US-Erdbebenwarte lag das Epizentrum etwa 300 Kilometer im Indischen Ozean im Westen der Küstenstadt Banda Aceh in einer
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6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia: USGSSun, 18 May 2014 05:52:00 +0200.

JAKARTA: A 6.2-magnitude quake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra Sunday, with no immediate tsunami warni
- Erdbeben erschüttert indonesische Insel SumatraSun, 18 May 2014 05:52:00 +0200.

Ein Erdbeben hat am frühen Morgen die indonesische Insel Sumatra erschüttert. Es hatte die Stärke 6,2. Nach Angaben der US-Erdbebenwarte lag das Epizentrum etwa 300 Kilometer im Indischen Ozean im Westen der Küstenstadt Banda Aceh in einer
...(more)
GEMPA ACEH: Tak Berpotensi Timbulkan TsunamiSun, 18 May 2014 05:51:00 +0200.

Gempa berkekuatan 6,4 skala righter telah terjadi di Aceh Jaya dan Meulaboh pada Minggu (18/5/2014) pukul 09.02 WIB.

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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),