M 6.6 in Philippines on 29 Oct 2019 01:04 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 1191625
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Glide number: EQ-2019-000140-PHL
Depth: 15.32 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.8016 , 125.0401
Event Date: 29 Oct 2019 01:04 UTC
29 Oct 2019 09:04 Local
Exposed Population: 670000 people in MMI
8360000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2019 06:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.5 0 1.5
us6000645n Scaled population (vector) 4.83 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap 0.43 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.27      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.89      
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Philippines - Earthquake update (ECHO 30 Oct 2019)Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:07

  • Following the 6.6 M earthquake near Tulunan (Cotabato Province, Mindanao Island) on 29 October, 5 people are dead, 394 people are injured, and 2 are still missing.
  • 3,505 people are sheltering in evacuation centres, and more than 8,000 people have been affected by the event.
  • Infrastructural damage was reported to 133 different sites, including 94 schools, forcing the suspension of classes in 31 municipalities.
  • Earthquake-induced landslides and floods affected Maguindanao and Davao del Sur provinces following damage sustained to the dyke near Buluan-Paglat river.
  • Building and infrastructural damage caused by the initial 16 October earthquake was further aggravated by yesterday's quake, according to initial assessments by the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO).
Philippines - Earthquakes (ECHO 31 Oct 2019)Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:01

  • An additional earthquake of 6.5 M (the third in October) at a depth of 10 km struck Cotabato Province (Mindanao Island, southern Philippines) on 31 October at 1.11 UTC. The epicentre was approximately 10 km south-east of Makilala Town (Cotabato Province). It was preceded by a series of foreshocks and one aftershock of 4.6 M. Up to 10,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 1,434,000 to strong shaking.
  • According to media reports, 5 people died in Cotabato province, several have been injured and buildings damaged or destroyed. Around 50,000 people are in need of immediate assistance, this figure will probably increase.
  • 8 died, 395 were injured and 2 are missing following the 29 October earthquake that struck 17 km south-west of the most recent quake. 25,630 people were affected in 59 municipalities, 19,470 were displaced, 12,760 of which are sheltered in 19 evacuation centres. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and infrastructure damaged. 
  • DG ECHO is monitoring the situation and assessing needs identified by humanitarian partners. 
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Latest media headlines

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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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News THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 1, 2019Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:00:00 +0100.

Post-earthquake visit. A woman navigates through rows of tombs at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Davao City on All Saints Day, a day after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit parts of Mindanao. The cemetery was left generally unaffected by the t
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),