M 4.6 in Philippines on 27 Dec 2015 10:13 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 1077147
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 75.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.3404 , 125.4656
Event Date: 27 Dec 2015 10:13 UTC
27 Dec 2015 18:13 Local
Exposed Population:
4925838 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Dec 2015 11:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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: 217 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Tohoku tomato farm sees itself as symbol of reconstructionThu, 31 Dec 2015 10:12:00 +0100.

KESENNUMA, MIYAGI PREF. – A tomato farm in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is busy harvesting its fruit. Still in its first year of life, the venture aims to become a symbol of reconstruction in the zone hammered by disaster five
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The Asahi Shimbun AJW (ENGLISH)Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:55:00 +0100.

SEOUL--Growing opposition in South Korea against the Tokyo-Seoul agreement to resolve the “comfort women” issue, including heavy criticism from the wartime victims themselves,... With the year-end exodus from the cities, railway companies
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Voir Ces Landais qui ont changé de vie #Episode 4Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:35:00 +0100.

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British Columbia struck by moderate earthquakeThu, 31 Dec 2015 09:32:00 +0100.

A transit security officer stands outside the Commercial-Broadway Skytrain station after the commuter train system was shut down to check for any possible damage to elevated guideways in Vancouver, B.C., in the early morning hours of Wednes
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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),