M 5 in Philippines on 20 Dec 2016 13:51 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 1101406
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 61.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.0774 , 119.6773
Event Date: 20 Dec 2016 13:51 UTC
20 Dec 2016 21:51 Local
Exposed Population:
3405603 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Dec 2016 14:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200082tu 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: 612 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Hans van der Togt gestopt met drinken na 'tsunami aan reacties'Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:00 +0100.

zaterdag 24 december 2016 | 13:06. Hans van der Togt drinkt geen druppel alcohol meer. Volgens de oud-presentator staat hij sinds eind november droog. De ras-Amsterdammer gaf in augustus in een interview met het AD te kennen dat hij soms b
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Miles de filipinos huyen de las zonas costeras ante la llegada del tif ... Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:17:00 +0100.

MANILA, 24 Dic. (Reuters/EP) - Miles de residentes en las zonas costeras de Filipinas han sido evacuados este sábado ante la inminente llegada del tifón 'Nina', con categoría cuatro de una escala de cinco, que se espera que toque tierra en
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Philippines urges evacuations ahead of Christmas Day typhoonSat, 24 Dec 2016 13:11:00 +0100.

MANILA: Philippine authorities urged hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes on Saturday as a strong typhoon threatened to wallop the country’s east coast on Christmas Day. Nock-Ten is expected to be packing winds of 222 kil
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Philippines: Media Advisory – Philippines, Typhoon Nock-TenSat, 24 Dec 2016 13:10:00 +0100.

Tropical Storm Nock-Ten (locally known as Nina) has now intensified into a Category 4 Typhoon and there are concerns that the Typhoon could have widespread humanitarian impacts when it makes landfall in the Philippines tomorrow, December 25
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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),