M 4.6 in Philippines on 07 Aug 2016 23:43 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 1091458
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 74.57 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.5592 , 119.7199
Event Date: 07 Aug 2016 23:43 UTC
08 Aug 2016 07:43 Local
Exposed Population:
2840001 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Aug 2016 00:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10006bzs 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: 572 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Muisne lo realizó hoy desde horas de la mañana El Municipio de Río Verde, al norte de Esmeraldas, a través de la Unidad de Gestión de Riesgo y en coordinación con la Secretaría Nacional Riesgos (SNGR), realizó este miércoles, un simulacro d
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180 mil personas de la Región de Antofagasta participaron en el Simula ... Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:22:00 +0200.

11/08/2016 | 15:02 | Antofagasta. Una masiva participación tuvo el Simulacro de Terremoto y Tsunami, ejercicio que emuló un sismo de 8.1 grados Richter y movilizó de manera coordinada alrededor de 180 mil personas en el borde costero de la
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A Major Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest Looks Even LikelierThu, 11 Aug 2016 22:04:00 +0200.

For about the last 30 million years, a small tectonic plate named Juan de Fuca has been sliding under the far vaster North American plate into the Earth’s mantle. Today, this mostly happens without anyone’s notice—even though it causes mino
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IsraAID wins Mohammad Ali award of humanitarian aid workThu, 11 Aug 2016 19:38:00 +0200.

In recognition of IsraAID's contribution to humanitarian aid work around the world, Navonel Glick, the organization's chief operating officer, has been selected to receive the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award at the Ali Center's annual gala
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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),