M 5.7 in Philippines on 05 Mar 2017 00:08 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1107035
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 19.59 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.8207 , 125.548
Event Date: 05 Mar 2017 00:08 UTC
05 Mar 2017 08:08 Local
Exposed Population: 240000 people in MMI
1990000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Mar 2017 00:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.1 1.1
us1000870s 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: 605 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Ahora EU acusa a México de enviarle un “tsunami de aguas negras”Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:03:00 +0100.

Durante 18 días, la ciudad fronteriza de Tijuana envió al mar 230 millones de litros de aguas residuales que contaminaron playas de California y el Océano Pacífico. El hedor de las descargas provocó la ira de residentes en ciudades fronteri
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‘It was intentional’ US claims Mexico dumped ’TSUNAMI OF SEWAGE’ into ... Wed, 08 Mar 2017 21:55:00 +0100.

AFP GETTY Katie Mansfield The US accused Mexico of deliberately dumping a "tsunami of sewage" An investigation has been launched after a massive sewage spill from Mexico's Tijuana River polluted miles of coastland in Southern California and
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NBN: تسونامي التفاهمات السياسية يجتاح الحكومة بإنجازات ترجمت بسلة التع ... Wed, 08 Mar 2017 20:56:00 +0100.

الأربعاء 08 آذار 2017 21:10 النشرة أخبار لبنان والشرق الأوسط سياسة http://files.elnashra.com/elnashra/imagine/pictures_120_96/1610487_1487169403.jpg رأت قناة الـ"NBN" في مقدمة نشرتها المسائية ان "تسونامي التفاهمات السياسية يجتاح مجلس الوزر
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'Mighty' Man With 'Blood-Stained Hands' Saves Life Of Muslim Man Twice ... Wed, 08 Mar 2017 20:50:00 +0100.

The former Muslim who lives in a Middle East country actually experienced not just one but two life-saving miracles. He said the first miracle happened in 2004 when he and a friend visited a coastal area in India. While they were at the bea
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),