M 4.9 in Philippines on 22 Jul 2016 11:31 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 1090416
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.2414 , 121.2505
Event Date: 22 Jul 2016 11:31 UTC
22 Jul 2016 19:31 Local
Exposed Population:
About 76109 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Jul 2016 12:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006gq1 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: 480 | About casualties: 40 | Last hour: 0

Sri Lanka to conserve climate-friendly mangroves ecosystemTue, 26 Jul 2016 11:17:00 +0200.

PAMBALA LAGOON, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s government and environmentalists are working to protect tens of thousands of acres of mangrove forests — the seawater-tolerant trees that help protect and build landmasses, absorb carbon from the enviro
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Earthquake measuring 6.0 strikes off Vanuatu: USGSTue, 26 Jul 2016 11:13:00 +0200.

SYDNEY Matt Siegel An earthquake measuring magnitude 6.0 struck about 73 km (45 miles) southeast of the tiny Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey reported. The shallow temblor, which struck at a d
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Sri Lanka to conserve climate-friendly mangroves ecosystemTue, 26 Jul 2016 11:12:00 +0200.

PAMBALA LAGOON, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s government and environmentalists are working to protect tens of thousands of acres of mangrove forests — the seawater-tolerant trees that help protect and build landmasses, absorb carbon from the enviro
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Sri Lanka to conserve climate-friendly mangroves ecosystemTue, 26 Jul 2016 11:10:00 +0200.

In this July 18, 2016 photo, Sri Lankan mangrove conservation workers carry mangrove saplings for planting in Kalpitiya, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's government and environmentalists are working t
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),