M 4.9 in Philippines on 02 Sep 2016 08:39 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 1093131
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 24.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.284 , 123.7913
Event Date: 02 Sep 2016 08:39 UTC
02 Sep 2016 16:39 Local
Exposed Population:
819850 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Sep 2016 08:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006jm5 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: 464 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

زلزال بقوة 2ر6 درجات يضرب قبالة شبه جزيرة كامتشاتكا الروسيةTue, 06 Sep 2016 08:25:00 +0200.

موسكو-سانا. ضرب زلزال بقوة 2ر6 درجات على مقياس ريختر قبالة شبه جزيرة كامتشاتكا في اقصى الشمال الشرقي الروسي اليوم دون ورود أنباء عن وقوع إصابات أو أضرار. وذكرت وكالة سبوتنيك أن الزلزال ضرب على عمق 13 كيلو مترا قرب جزر كوماندور في كامتشاتكا
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Study: Typhoons that slam Asia getting much strongerTue, 06 Sep 2016 06:29:00 +0200.

WASHINGTON -- Typhoons that slam into land in the northwestern Pacific -- especially the biggest tropical cyclones of the bunch -- have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes. Overall, landfalling Asian typhoon
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Study: Typhoons that slam Asia getting much strongerTue, 06 Sep 2016 05:52:00 +0200.

Posted: 09/05/16, 4:34 PM EDT Updated: 2 hrs ago # Comments WASHINGTON >> Typhoons that slam into land in the northwestern Pacific — especially the biggest tropical cyclones of the bunch — have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s,
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Study finds stronger and more frequent typhoons hitting AsiaTue, 06 Sep 2016 05:49:00 +0200.

High waves triggered by Typhoon Lionrock crash on a coast of the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 30, 2016. Kyodo via Reuters. Super typhoons that hit East Asia have become more intense and
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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),