M 4.7 in Philippines on 08 Apr 2017 08:36 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 1109743
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.6783 , 121.0403
Event Date: 08 Apr 2017 08:36 UTC
08 Apr 2017 16:36 Local
Exposed Population:
15670000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Apr 2017 09:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
us10008ft1 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 374 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Houses damaged as strong quake hits south PhilippinesWed, 12 Apr 2017 08:11:00 +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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Sub sott’acqua, arriva il terremoto e… VIDEO-FOTOWed, 12 Apr 2017 08:07:00 +0200.

(Di mercoledì 12 aprile 2017) BATANGAS – Sabato 8 aprile, una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 5,9 ha colpito Talaga una cittadina circa 70 chilometri a sud di Manila, nelle Filippine. Il sisma è stato localizzato a una profondità di 42,7 k
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Earthquake measuring 6.0 jolts south Philippines, houses damagedWed, 12 Apr 2017 07:56:00 +0200.

Published:April 12, 2017 8:51 am AFP 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 imme
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Un tsunami intimeWed, 12 Apr 2017 07:32:00 +0200.

Pourquoi revenir sur la couverture du tsunami aujourd’hui? Parce que certains souvenirs sont figés dans ma mémoire. Parce que je n’avais jamais été dépêchée sur un sinistre d’une telle ampleur, porteur de tant de résonances intimes. J’en pa
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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),