M 5.1 in Philippines on 04 Apr 2017 12:58 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 1109383
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.6183 , 121.0218
Event Date: 04 Apr 2017 12:58 UTC
04 Apr 2017 20:58 Local
Exposed Population:
12530000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Apr 2017 23:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.7
us10008ea7 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 339 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Hundreds flee after three strong quakes strike PhilippinesSat, 08 Apr 2017 12:31:00 +0200.

MANILA Hundreds of residents of coastal areas in a province south of the Philippine capital fled to higher ground fearing a tsunami on Saturday after a series of earthquakes on the main island of Luzon. Three quakes ranging in magnitude fro
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Hundreds flee after three strong quakes strike PhilippinesSat, 08 Apr 2017 12:31:00 +0200.

MANILA Hundreds of residents of coastal areas in a province south of the Philippine capital fled to higher ground fearing a tsunami on Saturday after a series of earthquakes on the main island of Luzon. Three quakes ranging in magnitude fro
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Strong earthquakes hit PhilippinesSat, 08 Apr 2017 12:29:00 +0200.

(USGS) has said. US Geological Survey This was the strongest quake in a series of three earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 to 5.9 to hit Batangas in the Luzon province, about 55 miles (90km) south of Manila, around 3pm local time or 7am GMT. The
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حالة من الذعر في الفلبين وحالات إجلاء للسكان بعد وقوع زلزالينSat, 08 Apr 2017 12:27:00 +0200.

مانيلا (د ب ا) ذكرت مصادر حكومية في مانيلا أن زلزالين متتابعين ضربا الفلبين اليوم السبت، مما ارغم السكان الذين يقيمون بالقرب من السواحل على إخلاء مساكنهم. وأضح معهد دراسة البراكين أن الفلبينيين شعروا بالزلزال الأول الذي بلغت شدته 6ر5 على مق
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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),