M 5 in Philippines on 23 Dec 2016 16:09 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 1101614
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 61.16 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.9524 , 126.3175
Event Date: 23 Dec 2016 16:09 UTC
24 Dec 2016 00:09 Local
Exposed Population:
760538 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Dec 2016 16:31 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007mb3 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: 398 | About casualties: 46 | Last hour: 0

9:38 Philippines Authorities Assess Typhoon DamageTue, 27 Dec 2016 15:55:00 +0100.

27 de diciembre de 2016, 09:38 Manila, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) Philippine authorities are assessing the damage caused by typhoon Nock-Ten, which has led to at least six deaths and 18 missing, as well as forcing the evacuation of 429,000 peop
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Terremoto atinge o Chile e provoca alerta de tsunamiTue, 27 Dec 2016 15:43:00 +0100.

Um terremoto de magnitude 7,6 atingiu o Chile no domingo (25), chegando a provocar um alerta de tsunami no país, que foi cancelado uma hora depois de acionado. O terremoto ocorreu 67 quilômetros a noroeste da cidade de Melinka, na Ilha de C
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PHILIPPINES TYPHOON - Nock-Ten leaves 7 dead, 8 missing in the Philipp ... Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:26:00 +0100.

Typhoon Nock-Ten abandoned the Philippines on Tuesday, leaving seven people dead and eight missing, affecting over 541,000, and causing millions of dollars worth of losses in agriculture and infrastructure. The typhoon, dubbed Nina by the F
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Nock-Ten deja en Filipinas 7 muertos, 8 desaparecidosTue, 27 Dec 2016 15:25:00 +0100.

Bangkok / EFE. El tifón Nock-Ten se aleja hoy de Filipinas tras dejar en el archipiélago al menos siete muertos, ocho desaparecidos y más de 541.000 afectados, además de millones de dólares en pérdidas en agricultura e infraestructuras. El
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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),