M 5.5 in Philippines on 24 Jan 2019 08:34 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 1168739
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 22.98 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.2442 , 121.1488
Event Date: 24 Jan 2019 08:34 UTC
24 Jan 2019 16:34 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
190000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Jan 2019 08:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us2000j85q Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0.43  
  C2 shakemap 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 232 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

Catastrophes liées au changement climatique : 10. 373 morts en 2018Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:01:00 +0100.

À Genève, jeudi 24 janvier 2019, les Nations-Unies ont annoncé qu’en 2018 les catastrophes naturelles ont atteint 61,7 millions de personnes et causéla mort de 10.733 personnes. Parmi tous ces désastres, ce sont les tremblements de terre, l
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Catastrophes liées au changement climatique : 10. 373 morts en 2018Mon, 28 Jan 2019 01:48:00 +0100.

Le phénomène du changement climatique ronge le monde doucement, mais sûrement. Le bilan des catastrophes d’origine du réchauffement climatique est évalué par les Nations-Unies à 10. 373 morts. Entre 2000 et 2017, on enregistrait 77. 144 déc
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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits Eastern SamarSun, 27 Jan 2019 09:42:00 +0100.

MANILA, Philippines A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Eastern Samar on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. According to Phivolcs, a tremor that was tectonic in origin happened at 2:24 p.m. in Hernani, Ea
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Soixante millions de personnes ont été affectées par les catastrophes ... Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:18:00 +0100.

A proximité d’un vaste incendie à Malibu, en Californie, le 9 novembre 2018. ERIC THAYER / REUTERS. Le bilan des catastrophes naturelles, bien qu’en légère diminution, reste lourd. Selon le Bureau des Nations unies pour la réduction des ris
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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),