M 5.3 in Philippines on 25 May 2017 14:27 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 1113789
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 92.97 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.0781 , 120.4057
Event Date: 25 May 2017 14:27 UTC
25 May 2017 22:27 Local
Exposed Population:
28500000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 May 2017 14:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008vb2 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 370 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Cyclone aims for Bangladesh as flood toll rises to 164 in Sri LankaMon, 29 May 2017 14:06:00 +0200.

NNA - Floods and landslides in tropical Sri Lanka have killed at least 164 people, authorities said on Monday, as a cyclone grew in the Bay of Bengal, churning towards Bangladesh and forecast to bring torrential rains to neighbouring India.
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Ergste natuurramp Sri Lanka sinds tsunami 2004Mon, 29 May 2017 13:59:00 +0200.

In Sri Lanka zijn 164 doden gevallen als gevolg van een cycloon. Als gevolg van het aanhoudende slechte weer heeft Sri Lanka te maken met extreem hoogwater en aardverschuivingen. Op sommige plekken is het waterniveau gestegen tot enkele met
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Deadly cyclone Mora moves north to BangladeshMon, 29 May 2017 13:49:00 +0200.

Dhaka/Agalawatte — An intensifying cyclone churned north towards Bangladesh on Monday after heavy rain in Sri Lanka and thunderstorms in eastern India killed almost 200 people, with more torrential downpours forecast. Impoverished Banglades
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Cyclone Mora churns towards BangladeshMon, 29 May 2017 13:00:00 +0200.

An intensifying cyclone is churning north towards Bangladesh following heavy rain in Sri Lanka and thunderstorms in eastern India which have killed almost 200 people. Impoverished Bangladesh, hit by cyclones every year, warned on Monday som
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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),