M 4.9 in Philippines on 20 Jan 2019 07:48 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 1168494
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 49.59 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.6508 , 121.624
Event Date: 20 Jan 2019 07:48 UTC
20 Jan 2019 15:48 Local
Exposed Population:
880000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jan 2019 08:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000j6kw Scaled population (vector) 5.67  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.18  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 219 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

Tsunami Alert Lifted After Undersea Quake Off Philippines - NBC4 Washi ... Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:19:00 +0100.

A powerful undersea earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Saturday, prompting people to scramble out of shopping malls and buildings and authorities to warn villagers to stay away from beaches in case of a tsunami. No casualties
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Twin quakes hit off Davao OccidentalTue, 22 Jan 2019 04:28:00 +0100.

MANILA, Philippines — Two earthquakes jolted Davao Occidental Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The first and stronger earthquake measured magnitude 5.1 and hit 249 kilometers (km) sou
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Powerful earthquake rattles Chile, causing damage, killing twoSun, 20 Jan 2019 23:36:00 +0100.

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit the coast of north-central Chile on Saturday night; The quake shook homes and caused landslides in the region's mountainous terrain; Authorities in Coquimbo said that as many as 200,000 people were without pow
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Powerful earthquake rattles Chile, causing damage, killing twoSun, 20 Jan 2019 23:21:00 +0100.

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit the coast of north-central Chile on Saturday night; The quake shook homes and caused landslides in the region's mountainous terrain; Authorities in Coquimbo said that as many as 200,000 people were without pow
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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),