M 4.9 in Philippines on 16 Jun 2017 01:44 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 1115090
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 61.63 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.3402 , 126.5819
Event Date: 16 Jun 2017 01:44 UTC
16 Jun 2017 09:44 Local
Exposed Population:
1380000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Jun 2017 02:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us20009mwd Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 685 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

I fondali aiutano a capire terremoti e tsunamiTue, 20 Jun 2017 00:26:00 +0200.

Sensori e sismometri in fondo al mare nello stretto di Messina e nel Mar Ionio per individuare faglie sconosciute che potrebbero causare terremoti e tsunami. E' l'obiettivo del progetto SeismoFaults che nasce dalla collaborazione tra Consig
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At least 4 feared dead after tsunami in GreenlandTue, 20 Jun 2017 00:10:00 +0200.

Four people are feared dead after tsunami waves struck the coast of Greenland on Saturday night. A 4.1 magnitude earthquake, which struck 28 kilometres north of the northwest village of Nuugaatsiaq, is believed to have partially triggered t
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Tsunami arrasa hogares en Groenlandia tras fuerte sismoTue, 20 Jun 2017 00:07:00 +0200.

Tras un sismo de 4.0 grados en la escala de Richter que se registró en Groenlandia la noche del sábado,se presentó un tsunami que golpeó la comunidad de Nuugaatsiaq. El agua arrasó con todo lo que encontraba a su paso. La población quedó si
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19/06/2017 Personas huyen de tsunami en GroenlandiaMon, 19 Jun 2017 23:40:00 +0200.

En un video difundido en redes sociales se observa como varias personas huyen de un tsunami en Groenlandia, el cual ha dejado cuatro personas desaparecidas, mientras que las olas llevan enormes bloques de hielo que se estrellan contra las c
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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),