M 4.6 in Philippines on 28 Mar 2017 10:08 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 1108842
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 18.32 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.1937 , 125.9807
Event Date: 28 Mar 2017 10:08 UTC
28 Mar 2017 18:08 Local
Exposed Population:
3560000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Mar 2017 10:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us20008v8g Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 217 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Kilkusetmetrowe fale tsunami na MarsieSat, 01 Apr 2017 08:13:00 +0200.

Od wielu lat badacze zainteresowani Marsem próbują dowieść, że na powierzchni tej planety istniały oceany. Do tej pory trudno było jednak znaleźć im na to wystarczające dowody. Inna grupa badaczy twierdziła z kolei, że na planecie wystąpiło
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Possibile evento di “meteotsunami” sulla costa iraniana: danni e dispe ... Sat, 01 Apr 2017 08:08:00 +0200.

1 aprile 2017 - 07:21 Daniele Ingemi Lo scorso venerdì 21 marzo 2017 la costa iraniana, nei pressi della città di Dayyer, nella regione di Bushehr, è stata travolta da una vera e propria “onda anomala” che è penetrata per centinaia di metri
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Possibile evento di “meteotsunami” sulla costa iraniana: danni e dispe ... Sat, 01 Apr 2017 07:55:00 +0200.

(Di sabato 1 aprile 2017) Lo scorso venerdì 21 marzo 2017 la costa iraniana , nei pressi della città di Dayyer , nella regione di Bushehr, è stata travolta da una vera e propria “onda anomala” che è penetrata per centinaia di metri sul vici
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TWO HUNDRED TSUNAMI BODIES SPOTTED BY IRIAN JAYA FISHERMENSat, 01 Apr 2017 07:15:00 +0200.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (July 29, 1998 - The National)--- Fishermen in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, have spotted some 200 bodies believed to be victims of the tsunami that smashed into neighboring West Sepik province earlier this month, a news report
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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),