M 5.6 in Philippines on 10 Apr 2017 00:43 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 1109870
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 8.23 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.0239 , 125.3618
Event Date: 10 Apr 2017 00:43 UTC
10 Apr 2017 08:43 Local
Exposed Population: 500000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Apr 2017 01:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.8
us10008g4x Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 298 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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Fransa ile Japonya Mars'ın uydusunda araştırma yapacakThu, 13 Apr 2017 22:16:00 +0200.

Fransa Uzay Araştırmaları Ulusal Merkezi'nden yapılan açıklamada, Mars Uyduları Araştırma Projesi kapsamında, Mars'ın iki uydusundan gezegene en yakın ve en büyük olan Phobos'a 2024 yılında ulaşılması planlanıyor. Açıklamaya göre proje kaps
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Researchers Seek New Ways to Improve Earthquake Risk CommunicationsThu, 13 Apr 2017 16:21:00 +0200.

The public wants to know more about earthquake risk and how best to manage it, surveys show, but scientists and engineers must adapt their communication skills to meet these public needs, researchers will report at the 2017 Seismological So
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Seismologists Offer Detailed Look at New Zealand's Kaikoura EarthquakeThu, 13 Apr 2017 16:21:00 +0200.

The magnitude 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake that struck the South Island of New Zealand last November was the largest on-land recorded earthquake in the country's history. In a special session at the 2017 Seismological Society of America's (SSA)
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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),