M 4.8 in Philippines on 23 Dec 2016 18:17 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 1101620
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 48.41 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.0338 , 126.2683
Event Date: 23 Dec 2016 18:17 UTC
24 Dec 2016 02:17 Local
Exposed Population:
758390 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Dec 2016 22:34 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007mbk 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: 427 | About casualties: 48 | Last hour: 0

Philippines: Philippine Red Cross continues operations in Typhoon Nina ... Tue, 27 Dec 2016 17:33:00 +0100.

Days after Typhoon Nina (International name Nock-Ten) made its first landfall and battered Catanduanes and provinces in the Bicol region, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to makeits presence felt in the affected areas through its lo
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Tifón Nock-Ten deja en Filipinas siete muertos, ocho desaparecidos y 5 ... Tue, 27 Dec 2016 17:33:00 +0100.

Getty Images Internacionales El tifón Nock-Ten se aleja este martes 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
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Philippines Authorities Assess Typhoon DamageTue, 27 Dec 2016 17:31:00 +0100.

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 people. Among the effects of the h
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Nock-Ten deja en Filipinas 7 muertos, 8 desaparecidos y 541.000 afecta ... Tue, 27 Dec 2016 17:15:00 +0100.

El tifón que los filipinos han llamado Nina se adentra por el mar de China Meridional reducido a tormenta tropical con vientos sostenidos de 105 kilómetros por hora, lejos de los 185 kilómetros por hora con los que se presentó en ese país e
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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),