M 4.6 in Philippines on 17 Dec 2014 06:36 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 1045324
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 17.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.3365 , 124.5152
Event Date: 17 Dec 2014 06:36 UTC
17 Dec 2014 14:36 Local
Exposed Population:
4976475 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Dec 2014 22:20 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 230 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Lacson to quit CabinetThu, 18 Dec 2014 23:02:00 +0100.

PRESIDENTIAL Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (PARR) Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said he may leave the Cabinet early next year when he shall have relinquished his functions to a permanent disaster mitigation agency. “I will slowly f
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VIDEO. Tsunami : le témoignage d'une survivanteThu, 18 Dec 2014 22:31:00 +0100.

Fin décembre, on commémorera les dix ans du tsunami en Asie du Sud-Est. Une équipe de France 2 a recueilli le témoignage de Flore Titeux, une survivante qui avait 26 ans au moment des faits. Francetv info. Mis à jour le 18/12/2014 | 22:22
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VIDEO. Tsunami : le témoignage d'une survivanteThu, 18 Dec 2014 22:26:00 +0100.

Fin décembre, on commémorera les dix ans du tsunami en Asie du Sud-Est. Une équipe de France 2 a recueilli le témoignage de Flore Titeux, une survivante qui avait 26 ans au moment des faits. Francetv info. Mis à jour le 18/12/2014 | 22:22
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Priest's Facebook plea saves woman in labour's lifeThu, 18 Dec 2014 22:01:00 +0100.

The stillborn baby could not be delivered and Manu's only hope was an eight hour walk away. That was when Catholic priest Martin We-en turned to Facebook. "A young mother is in labour now for 4 days now since Friday," he posted. "The baby
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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),