M 4.6 in Philippines on 23 Feb 2017 01:50 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 1106221
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 15.55 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.0606 , 125.5854
Event Date: 23 Feb 2017 01:50 UTC
23 Feb 2017 09:50 Local
Exposed Population:
6470000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Feb 2017 02:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us20008lnh 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 451 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Tsunami pod to the rescueMon, 27 Feb 2017 00:53:00 +0100.

What if you are a coastal dweller and you hear a tsunami warning – but you have no way, or no time, to run for high ground before the wave hits. What if there are no tall, sturdy buildings nearby? Mukilteo, Washington-based Survival-Capsule
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Zurück nach FukushimaSun, 26 Feb 2017 20:57:00 +0100.

. Aktuelle Stunde | 26.02.2017 | 03:00 | Verfügbar bis 26.02.2018 | WDR. März 2011. Ein Erdbeben. Ein Tsunami. Eine atomare Katastrophe. Die Folgen sind noch heute spürbar. Doch die japanische Regierung will früheren Bewohnern des Ortes Li
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Los lugares de la Tierra donde la naturaleza es más peligrosa para tiSun, 26 Feb 2017 18:52:00 +0100.

Hay sitios en el mundo donde la Madre Naturaleza representa un verdadero peligro para la vida humana. Desde tormentas hasta erupciones volcánicas, las amenazas están en todos lados. Pero ¿cuáles son las zonas más mortíferas sobre la Tierra?
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Gempa 5,2 SR Guncang Bengkulu, Tak Berpotensi TsunamiSun, 26 Feb 2017 17:55:00 +0100.

Jakarta - Gempa berkekuatan 5,2 Skala Richter (SR) mengguncang wilayah barat daya Bengkulu, Provinsi Bengkulu. Gempa ini tidak berpotensi tsunami. Berdasarkan informasi dari Badan Metereologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG) dari situs resm
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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),