M 5.9 in Philippines on 08 Feb 2019 11:55 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 1170213
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 24.71 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.8311 , 126.5297
Event Date: 08 Feb 2019 11:55 UTC
08 Feb 2019 19:55 Local
Exposed Population: 550000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Feb 2019 12:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us2000jfb2 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 77 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

5.1-magnitude earthquake strikes southern PhilippinesTue, 12 Feb 2019 11:50:00 +0100.

MANILA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude struck Sarangani province in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The institute said the quake, which struck
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Quake strikes off Davao OccidentalTue, 12 Feb 2019 10:17:00 +0100.

MANILA, Philippines – A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Davao Occidental Tuesday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its latest earthquake bulletin, Phivolcs traced the
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250 quakes rattle Philippine town in three daysMon, 11 Feb 2019 00:14:00 +0100.

MANILA - Nearly 250 earthquakes have rattled a small town in Surigao del Norte province in southern Philippines since Friday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Sunday. READ MORE: Clash leaves 10 mili
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Over 190 earthquakes jolt Philippines townSun, 10 Feb 2019 22:56:00 +0100.

More than 190 have jolted a town in the Philippines in the last two days, authorities said on Sunday. A 5.5-magnitude earthquake was recorded at 6.21 a.m. as the strongest one on Sunday, hitting Luna, a town in Surigao del Norte province, a
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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),