M 6.1 in Mindanao, Philippines on 29 Dec 2014 09:29 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 1045969
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 37.85 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.602 , 121.5041
Event Date: 29 Dec 2014 09:29 UTC
29 Dec 2014 17:29 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Dec 2014 10:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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: 216 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia: 2004 tsunami: helping communities be prepared in the futureTue, 30 Dec 2014 19:22:00 +0100.

Work continues to help protect people in the event of another natural disaster. In 2011, Islamic Relief and OCHA studied the potential of running a religious building-based disaster preparedness project. Preliminary Study on the Potential R
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La naturaleza hizo sentir su poder en el 2014Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:50:00 +0100.

El año 2014 estuvo marcado por eventos naturales que causaron muertes, heridos y destrucciones totales en varios poblados y que quedaron plasmados a través de fotografías y videos. Desde el inicio del año, los terremotos e inundaciones ofre
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2014, un año de retos y aprendizajesTue, 30 Dec 2014 18:32:00 +0100.

Eran las 5:27 de la tarde del jueves 10 de abril del 2014. Faltaban pocos días para el inicio de la Semana Santa y los nicaragüenses se preparaban para conmemorar el martirio y la resurrección de Jesucristo, cuando algo parecido a una locom
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Dozens dead in ‘neck-deep’ floodsTue, 30 Dec 2014 18:05:00 +0100.

Some residents in vulnerable areas ignored evacuation warnings, Stephany Uy-Tan, mayor of the town of Catbalogan in Samar province, told DZMM radio. “The rains were really strong and people thought the storm won’t be too strong based on the
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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 (48), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),