M 5 in Philippines on 20 Dec 2016 17:16 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 1101420
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 46.19 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.0999 , 119.6493
Event Date: 20 Dec 2016 17:16 UTC
21 Dec 2016 01:16 Local
Exposed Population:
3153905 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Dec 2016 18:04 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200082vz 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: 632 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Tropical StormSat, 24 Dec 2016 17:10:00 +0100.

ABC - A tropical storm nearing the Philippines on Friday may strengthen into a typhoon, bringing moderate to heavy rains and blustery weather on Christmas Day, the biggest holiday in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. Tropical Storm N
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Evacuation ordered in Philippines as Typhoon Nock-ten approachesSat, 24 Dec 2016 17:07:00 +0100.

MANILA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Philippine disaster officials on Saturday ordered people living in coastal villages south of Manila to move to safer places as Typhoon Nock-ten is approaching the country. Speaking for the national disaster agenc
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Filipinas: Evacúan a miles por llegada de tifón Nock-TenSat, 24 Dec 2016 17:07:00 +0100.

Las autoridades filipinas pidieron a cientos de miles de habitantes del archipiélago que desalojen sus casas por temor a la llegada de un tifón el día de Navidad. La tormenta Nock-Ten podría llegar acompañado de vientos de hasta 222 km/h c
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Landlady of Gwynedd pub devastated by flooding says 'I can’t face goin ... Sat, 24 Dec 2016 17:04:00 +0100.

The landlady of a pub forced to close for five months after flash floods caused more than 170,000 worth of damage says she still has panic attacks over the incident. The Union Inn pub , was hit by a “tsunami” of water in December 2015 afte
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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),