M 5.3 in Philippines on 10 Sep 2016 16:29 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 1093686
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 83.74 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.6031 , 126.8083
Event Date: 10 Sep 2016 16:29 UTC
11 Sep 2016 00:29 Local
Exposed Population:
About 208 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Sep 2016 16:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10006nlv 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: 485 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Tusiwe wanafiki, ni kweli standard operating procedures za majanga kam ... Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:02:00 +0200.

Mwaka huu tetemeko limetikisa, Kitengo cha maafa kinatakiwa kiitikie mara moja na kwa haraka, lakini tunaenda masaa 96 hakuna "Rapid Response" yoyote kutoka "Kitengo cha Maafa" toka Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu. Hiki kitengo kilipitishiwa bajeti la
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China: China, Philippines - Tropical Cyclone MERANTI UPDATE (GDACS, CM ... Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:18:00 +0200.

Tropical Cyclone MERANTI continued moving north-west over the Philippine Sea and made landfall over Itbayat island (Batanes group of islands) on 13 September afternoon (UTC) as a very intense Typhoon. It then continued moving north-northwes
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‘Ferdie’ cuts off Batanes communication linesWed, 14 Sep 2016 15:11:00 +0200.

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan: The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Region 2 in this city said communication lines in Batanes province were cut off after Typhoon Ferdie (international codename: Meranti) directly hit the province early Wednesday
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Terremoto sacudió las Islas Salomón sin dejar víctimasWed, 14 Sep 2016 14:58:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de 6 grados de magnitud sacudió las aguas al oeste de las Islas Salomón, en el océano Pacífico, sin que las autoridades informaran inicialmente de víctimas o daños materiales. El Centro de Alertas por Tsunami del Pacífico no em
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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),