M 5.2 in Philippines on 04 Apr 2017 15:13 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 1109396
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 87.41 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.6492 , 121.0068
Event Date: 04 Apr 2017 15:13 UTC
04 Apr 2017 23:13 Local
Exposed Population:
12810000 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 -0.2 -0.2
us10008ebu Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 386 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Back-to-back earthquakes spark panic in Philippine resortSat, 08 Apr 2017 14:59:00 +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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Back-to-back earthquakes spark panic in Philippine resortSat, 08 Apr 2017 14:56:00 +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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Drei Erdbeben erschütterten die PhilippinenSat, 08 Apr 2017 14:55:00 +0200.

Drei schwere Erdbeben haben am Samstag auf den Philippinen zahlreiche Gebäude beschädigt und Touristen in Panik versetzt. Dem ersten Beben mit einer Stärke von 5,5 gegen 15.00 Uhr (Ortszeit, 09.00 Uhr MESZ) folgten Minuten später zwei Beben
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Tsunami van autobranden overspoelt Noord-HollandSat, 08 Apr 2017 14:52:00 +0200.

. 08/04 14:30 - Tsunami van autobranden overspoelt Noord-Holland In drie plaatsen in Noord-Holland zijn in de nacht van vrijdag op zaterdag autobranden geweest. In Alkmaar waren vijf auto-eigenaren de dupe en in Egmond aan Zee en Koog aan d
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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),