M 4.6 in Philippines on 04 Apr 2017 14:10 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 1109392
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 91.72 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.5281 , 120.9278
Event Date: 04 Apr 2017 14:10 UTC
04 Apr 2017 22:10 Local
Exposed Population:
9820000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Apr 2017 16:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
us10008eal 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: 369 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Back-to-back quakes spark panic in Philippine resort Back-to-back eart ... Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:58:00 +0200.

Back-to-back earthquakes have cracked small buildings and blocked roads with minor landslides in a Philippine resort province south of Manila. Officials said a magitude 5.6 earthquake struck near Mabini town in Batangas province at midafte
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Hundreds flee after three strong quakes strike PhilippinesSat, 08 Apr 2017 13:52:00 +0200.

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 from 5.0 t
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12:46 Back-to-back quakes spark panic in Philippine resortSat, 08 Apr 2017 13:47:00 +0200.

Officials said a magitude 5.6 earthquake struck near Mabini town in Batangas province at midafternoon, followed shortly by a magnitude 6 quake, prompting many people to rush out of homes and beach resorts. There were no immediate reports o
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Quakes crack buildings, panic tourists in Philippine townSat, 08 Apr 2017 13:44:00 +0200.

Back-to-back earthquakes cracked small buildings and blocked roads with minor landslides Saturday in a Philippine resort province south of Manila where jittery tourists left and patients were evacuated from a hospital amid aftershocks. Offi
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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),