M 5.4 in Philippines on 06 Aug 2016 09:08 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 1091372
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 91.93 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.0879 , 125.3201
Event Date: 06 Aug 2016 09:08 UTC
06 Aug 2016 17:08 Local
Exposed Population:
3378501 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Aug 2016 09:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10006btr 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 563 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Government announces Samoan civil defence packageWed, 10 Aug 2016 08:46:00 +0200.

Civil Defence Minister Nikki Kaye made the announcement at a reception in Apia, attended by guests including ministers, officials, business leaders and representatives of humanitarian assistance agencies. Ms Kaye says the aid money is for e
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Amber rainstorm signal cancelled, but another storm looms for Hong Kon ... Wed, 10 Aug 2016 07:26:00 +0200.

. The rain has stopped for now, but another storm is looming for Hong Kong, as a typhoon possibly forming in the region early next week means the city could be battered by showers and thunderstorms for several days. The forecast on the Hon
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Entre la suerte y la buena decisiónWed, 10 Aug 2016 07:25:00 +0200.

Como en la canción de Ricardo Arjona: siempre (JME) hay un buen día para empezar. Y ya puede usted encontrar el modelo matemático apropiado, interpretar el cruce de los astros o el instinto básico del lunes o jueves; parece misterio, pero s
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Il Giappone ultra efficiente si scopre impreparato a gestire le conseg ... Wed, 10 Aug 2016 02:31:00 +0200.

Il governo giapponese ha annunciato il proprio impegno: una parte dei fondi del nuovo piano di sostegno all'economia, presentato il 2 agosto e con una dotazione di 20 mila miliardi di yen (178 miliardi di euro) sarà destinata alla ricostruz
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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),