M 6.1 in Philippines on 08 Sep 2018 07:16 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1156104
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Glide number: EQ-2018-000147-PHL
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.2402 , 126.4615
Event Date: 08 Sep 2018 07:16 UTC
08 Sep 2018 15:16 Local
Exposed Population: About 11000 people in MMI
3660000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Sep 2018 07:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1 1
us2000haxi Scaled population (vector) 2.8  
  C1 shakemap 0.43  
  C2 shakemap 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 87 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern PhilippinesTue, 11 Sep 2018 10:35:00 +0200.

Manila: A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Saturday, sending frightened residents fleeing from buildings, officials and eyewitnesses said. The quake struck off the coast of the southern town of Manay at abou
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Strong quake shakes S PhilippinesTue, 11 Sep 2018 10:35:00 +0200.

MANILA: A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Saturday, sending frightened residents fleeing from buildings, officials and eyewitnesses said. The quake struck off the coast of the southern town of Manay at abou
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Re ... Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:59:00 +0200.

JAPAN. As of 5 September, 11 people in four prefectures in Kansai (Osaka, Shiga, Aichi, Mie) are known to have died and approximately 470 people in 28 prefectures were injured after Typhoon Jebi struck Japan on 4 September. Over 1,700 house
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Indonesia: ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update, 3-9 September 2018Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:58:00 +0200.

Regional Summary of Week 36 and Outlook for Week 37. 1) In Week 36, several minor-to-moderate disasters occurred in ASEAN countries, with similar characteristics from the previous weeks as a combination of wet condition in the northern part
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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),