M 4.6 in Philippines on 06 Dec 2016 15:40 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 1100157
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.6756 , 126.3975
Event Date: 06 Dec 2016 15:40 UTC
06 Dec 2016 23:40 Local
Exposed Population:
182043 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Dec 2016 16:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007f70 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: 1109 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake in Solomon Islands Destroys Houses, Causes LandslidesSat, 10 Dec 2016 15:37:00 +0100.

SYDNEY – Several houses have been destroyed in the Solomon Islands as a result of the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that shook this area of the Pacific on Friday. A tsunami alert had been issued, but was subsequently lifted. The United States Ge
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Thousands Shelter in Evacuation Centers in Quake-Hit Northwestern Indo ... Sat, 10 Dec 2016 15:37:00 +0100.

TRIENG GADENG, Indonesia – Thousands of people in northwest Indonesia’s Aceh province are sheltering on Friday in evacuation centers set up in Pidie Jaya regency following the magnitude-6.5 earthquake that struck the area on Wednesday. As m
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Solomon Islands: Solomon Islands – Earthquake/Tsunami – ECHO Daily Map ... Sat, 10 Dec 2016 15:34:00 +0100.

SITUATION. • An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 Mw at a depth of 41 km occurred off the southwestern coast of Makira island (Solomon Islands), on 8 December at 17.38 UTC. The epicentre was located approx. 69 km west-southwest of Kirakira city (
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زلزال جديد يضرب قبالة سواحل جزر سولومون جنوب المحيط الهادئSat, 10 Dec 2016 15:31:00 +0100.

ضرب زلزال جديد بلغت قوته 6.9 درجة على مقياس ريختر ، اليوم السبت، المنطقة المقابلة لجزر سولومون جنوب المحيط الهادئ. وأعلنت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكية أن مركز الزلزال كان على بعد 89 كيلومترا غرب بلدة كيراكيرا في سلسلة جزر سولومون. ولم تصد
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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),