M 5.8 in Philippines on 29 Oct 2019 02:42 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 1191622
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Glide number: EQ-2019-000140-PHL
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.8581 , 125.0041
Event Date: 29 Oct 2019 02:42 UTC
29 Oct 2019 10:42 Local
Exposed Population: About 5000 people in MMI
8600000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Oct 2019 02:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1 1
us60006470 Scaled population (raster) 2.74  
  C1 shakemap 0.43  
  C2 shakemap 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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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: 571 | About casualties: 152 | Last hour: 0

At least 17 dead in Cotabato earthquakesSat, 02 Nov 2019 03:43:00 +0100.

COLLAPSED. Eva's Hotel in Kidapawan City, Cotabato, collapses following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake on October 31, 2019. Photo by Genghis Manero. MANILA, Philippines – At least 17 people were killed following the strong earthquakes that stru
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Residents told to stay outdoors in quake-hit southernFri, 01 Nov 2019 23:24:00 +0100.

Residents in areas battered by a series of strong earthquakes in the southern Philippines were yesterday told not to return to their homes yet as more tremors were expected to occur in the coming days. At least 16 people were killed and 403
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When quake hit home, Duterte advised aides to prayFri, 01 Nov 2019 18:14:00 +0100.

MANILA,Philippines As his security aides roused him from sleep during last Thursday’s powerful earthquake, President Duterte simply told them not to panic and just pray. “The two of them woke me up and I asked them why. Then they replied, ‘
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Duterte tells LGUs: Check integrity of buildingsFri, 01 Nov 2019 18:14:00 +0100.

MANILA,Philippines With a swarm of earthquakes hitting Mindanao, President Duterte has told local government officials to inspect all buildings to ensure that these can withstand quakes. While earthquakes are unpredictable, Duterte said loc
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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),