M 4.9 in Philippines on 11 Feb 2017 20:40 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 1105339
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 47.22 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.0789 , 126.4368
Event Date: 11 Feb 2017 20:40 UTC
12 Feb 2017 04:40 Local
Exposed Population:
1420000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Feb 2017 22:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us20008j80 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 443 | About casualties: 100 | Last hour: 0

Alerta de Tsunami descartada tras sismo en ManabíWed, 15 Feb 2017 19:21:00 +0100.

El movimiento telúrico llegó a los 4.9 grados en escala de Richter El sector de Jipijapa en la provincia de Manabí se registró un movimiento telúrico a las 23h12 e magnitud de 4.9 en la escala de Richter y a 10 km de profundidad. Según repo
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Palace slams NPA attack despite its cease-fireWed, 15 Feb 2017 18:32:00 +0100.

In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto C. Abella described the attack as “a clear violation of the armed group’s cease-fire declaration,” adding that state forces will continue in its humanitarian assistance and disaster relief o
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Rennemoulin-Villepreux-Chavenay : le ru de Gally sera aménagé pour évi ... Wed, 15 Feb 2017 18:21:00 +0100.

É viter qu’un drame humain puisse se produire. Voilà l’enjeu principal de la renaturation du ru de Gally, qui fera dans les prochains jours l’objet d’une enquête publique à Villepreux, Chavenay, ainsi qu’à Rennemoulin. En 2001, ce village d
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DISASTER in New Zealand: FATAL forest fire wreaks havoc across Christc ... Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:51:00 +0100.

| UPDATED: 16:34, Wed, Feb 15, 2017 Joe Barnes Up to 400 people have been evacuated by emergency services, with many more choosing to leave themselves after the fires surged through Christchurch’s Port Hills. The Civil Defence initially re
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),