M 5.5 in Philippines on 08 Apr 2017 07:08 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1109736
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 42.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.7212 , 120.8879
Event Date: 08 Apr 2017 07:08 UTC
08 Apr 2017 15:08 Local
Exposed Population: 17640000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Apr 2017 07:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 1.2
us10008fsc 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: 373 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 jolts southern Philippines, houses a ... Wed, 12 Apr 2017 06:52:00 +0200.

A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the center of Mindanao island in the southern Philippines early on Wednesday, damaging dozens of houses and sending people fleeing into the streets for safety, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. T
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Houses damaged as strong quake hits south PhilippinesWed, 12 Apr 2017 06:51:00 +0200.

A strong magnitude 6.0-earthquake hit the southern Philippines at dawn on Wednesday, damaging dozens of houses and sending people fleeing into the streets for safety, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of serious casualties b
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IAEA chief urges global support for decommissioning Fukushima plantWed, 12 Apr 2017 06:45:00 +0200.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano has called for international cooperation in the decommissioning of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex. “It is important to gather as much knowledge as possible from around the
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Houses damaged as strong quake hits south PhilippinesWed, 12 Apr 2017 06:34:00 +0200.

Confined patients of Miranda Family hospital stay outside after an earthquake hit Surigao city, southern Philippines, February 10, 2017. — Reuters pic MANILA, April 12 — A strong magnitude 6.0-earthquake hit the southern Philippines at dawn
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),