M 5.4 in Philippines on 17 Dec 2015 12:44 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 1076114
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 72.57 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.7762 , 120.5859
Event Date: 17 Dec 2015 12:44 UTC
17 Dec 2015 20:44 Local
Exposed Population:
1903377 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Dec 2015 13:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.2 -0.2
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: 260 | About casualties: 52 | Last hour: 0

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No aftershock expected in Sabah following strong earthquake in Kaliman ... Mon, 21 Dec 2015 12:00:00 +0100.

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Gempa Merusak Melanda Kalimantan UtaraMon, 21 Dec 2015 11:41:00 +0100.

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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),