M 4.9 in Philippines on 16 Sep 2018 20:20 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 1156826
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.5812 , 130.1689
Event Date: 16 Sep 2018 20:20 UTC
17 Sep 2018 05:20 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Sep 2018 20:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000hfj7 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 281 | About casualties: 74 | Last hour: 0

Massive landslide kills 21 and buries houses in PhilippinesThu, 20 Sep 2018 20:10:00 +0200.

A massive landslide buried dozens of homes near a central Philippine mountain on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and sending rescuers scrambling to find survivors after some sent text messages pleading for help. The slide surged down o
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Deslave en Filipinas mata a unas 21 personas, entierra casasThu, 20 Sep 2018 20:03:00 +0200.

NAGA, Filipinas (AP) — Un deslave masivo de lodo enterró el jueves decenas de casas cerca de una montaña del centro en Filipinas, causando la muerte de por lo menos 21 personas y haciendo que los socorristas se apresuraran por encontrar sob
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New landslide kills 21, buries housesThu, 20 Sep 2018 19:36:00 +0200.

NAGA, Philippines A massive landslide buried dozens of homes near a central Philippine mountain Thursday, killing at least 21 people and sending rescuers scrambling to find survivors after some sent text messages pleading for help. The slid
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Asciende a 21 la cifra de muertos por deslave en FilipinasThu, 20 Sep 2018 18:53:00 +0200.

Un deslave masivo de lodo enterró el jueves decenas de casas cerca de una montaña del centro en Filipinas, causando la muerte de por lo menos 21 personas y haciendo que los socorristas se apresuraran por encontrar sobrevivientes, luego de q
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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),