M 4.9 in Philippines on 13 May 2017 03:34 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 1112860
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.5847 , 126.6579
Event Date: 13 May 2017 03:34 UTC
13 May 2017 11:34 Local
Exposed Population:
About 30000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 May 2017 04:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008s38 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 349 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Experto explica el porqué del estancamiento en la calidad de vida most ... Tue, 16 May 2017 21:54:00 +0200.

Si bien hace siete años la Cámara Chilena de la Construcción (CChC) y el Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales de la Universidad Católica de Chile realizan el Índice de Calidad de Vida Urbana de Ciudades Chilenas (ICVU), desde el 20
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Sismo de 4,9 grados sacudió gran parte de Costa ecuatorianaTue, 16 May 2017 20:38:00 +0200.

INOCAR descarta posibilidad de tsunami El Instituto Geofísico informó que a las 10:59 se registró un sismo de 4,9 grados en la escala de Richter, registrando su epicentro en la provincia de Santa Elena. El movimiento telúrico tuvo una profu
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An obituary for Car NicobarTue, 16 May 2017 20:25:00 +0200.

Candles on Waves , a novel by painter S.N. Sreeprakash, is an obituary for Car Nicobar that was reduced to mangled remains by the giant tsunami waves. The book will be released by Kerala Sahitya Akademi president Vaisakhan at the akademi’s
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An obituary for Car NicobarTue, 16 May 2017 20:05:00 +0200.

Candles on Waves , a novel by painter S.N. Sreeprakash, is an obituary for Car Nicobar that was reduced to mangled remains by the giant tsunami waves. The book will be released by Kerala Sahitya Akademi president Vaisakhan at the akademi’s
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),