M 4.8 in Philippines on 07 Jan 2017 02:38 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 1102695
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 5.6761 , 126.576
Event Date: 07 Jan 2017 02:38 UTC
07 Jan 2017 10:38 Local
Exposed Population:
About 11000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Jan 2017 03:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10007rsq Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 684 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

Australia to ship hydrogen to JapanWed, 11 Jan 2017 02:33:00 +0100.

Australia and Japan have signed a deal to ship liquid hydrogen in bulk from Victoria, in what will be a world first. A pilot project is expected to start in 2020. Kawasaki Heavy Industries is building the pilot boat to carry the hydrogen a
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Australia to ship hydrogen to JapanWed, 11 Jan 2017 02:17:00 +0100.

Australia and Japan have signed a deal to ship liquid hydrogen in bulk from Victoria, in what will be a world first. A pilot project is expected to start in 2020. Kawasaki Heavy Industries is building the pilot boat to carry the hydrogen an
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Strong earthquake hits near Seddon, felt in WellingtonWed, 11 Jan 2017 01:59:00 +0100.

The earthquake was 25km south east of Seddon and 28km deep. File photo. A severe magnitude 5.1 earthquake has been felt in Wellington. The earthquake was 15km east of Seddon and 11km deep. A Ministry of Civil Defence spokesman said while t
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COMMENT: Anniversary stirs vivid memoriesWed, 11 Jan 2017 01:39:00 +0100.

THIS time six years ago we were bracing ourselves for a flood, the likes of which this city had not seen since 1974. Having been equal parts stunned and mortified a day earlier, when the inland tsunami devastated the Lockyer Valley, it soon
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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),