M 4.8 in Philippines on 04 Apr 2017 14:44 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 1109393
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 89.79 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.5492 , 121.0143
Event Date: 04 Apr 2017 14:44 UTC
04 Apr 2017 22:44 Local
Exposed Population:
11380000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Apr 2017 16:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.7 -0.7
us10008ebn Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 375 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Hundreds flee after three strong earthquakes strike PhilippinesSat, 08 Apr 2017 14:24:00 +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 fr
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Panik - Drei Erdbeben erschüttern die PhilippinenSat, 08 Apr 2017 14:22:00 +0200.

Drei Erdbeben erschüttern die Philippinen PANIK Drei schwere Erdbeben haben am Samstag auf den Philippinen zahlreiche Gebäude beschädigt und Touristen in einem beliebten Ferienort in Panik versetzt. Dem ersten Beben mit einer Stärke von 5,
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Hundreds flee after three strong quakes strike PhilippinesSat, 08 Apr 2017 14:12:00 +0200.

Three quakes ranging in magnitude from 5.0 to 5.9 struck Batangas province, about 90 kms south of Manila, around 3 pm over a period of about 20 minutes, said the US Geological Survey. "Residents in the coastal villages in two towns have eva
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Back-to-back earthquakes spark panic in Philippine resortSat, 08 Apr 2017 14:12:00 +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 midafter
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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),