M 6.1 in Philippines on 22 Apr 2019 09:11 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 1177338
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Glide number: EQ-2019-000035-PHL
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.9309 , 120.4649
Event Date: 22 Apr 2019 09:11 UTC
22 Apr 2019 17:11 Local
Exposed Population: 490000 people in MMI
31240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Apr 2019 10:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.4 1.4
us70003a63 Scaled population (vector) 4.48  
  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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 796 | About casualties: 255 | Last hour: 0

5.3-magnitude earthquake rattles southern PhilippinesFri, 26 Apr 2019 08:57:00 +0200.

MANILA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A 5.3-magnitude earthquake rattled Surigao del Norte province in the southern Philippines on Friday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The institute said the quake, which st
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AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in AsiaFri, 26 Apr 2019 08:14:00 +0200.

In this April 23, 2019, file photo, a new type 094A Jin-class nuclear submarine Long March 10 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's P
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Filipino experts develop quake-resistant desk for pre-schoolersFri, 26 Apr 2019 08:05:00 +0200.

MANILA, Philippines Local experts developed an “earthquake-proof” study desk for pre-school children that is also equipped with a warning system, the Department of Science and Technology said Friday. In a release issued days after the stron
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AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in AsiaFri, 26 Apr 2019 07:39:00 +0200.

In this April 23, 2019, file photo, a new type 094A Jin-class nuclear submarine Long March 10 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's P
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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Daily Maps:

23/Apr/2019 06:17 UTC

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),