M 5.4 in Philippines on 17 Dec 2019 20:18 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 1198623
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Glide number: EQ-2019-000169-PHL
Depth: 11.45 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.5217 , 125.5161
Event Date: 17 Dec 2019 20:18 UTC
18 Dec 2019 04:18 Local
Exposed Population: About 14000 people in MMI
6530000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Dec 2019 20:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1 1
us60006st8 Scaled population (raster) 2.96  
  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
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 261 | About casualties: 41 | Last hour: 0

Philippines: NDRRMC Update: SitRep No. 11 regarding Magnitude 6.9 Eart ... Sat, 21 Dec 2019 08:24:00 +0100.

I. SITUATION OVERVIEW On 15 December 2019, 2:11 PM, an earthquake with magnitude 6.9 occurred in Matanao, Davao del Sur. As of 20 December 2019, 12:00 PM, a total of 1,017 aftershocks were recorded, of which, 457 were plotted while 93 were
...(more)
Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report #5 on the Ms 6.9 Earthquake Incident i ... Sat, 21 Dec 2019 08:24:00 +0100.

Situation Overview. On 15 December 2019 at 02:11 PM, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake jolted the municipality of Matanao, Devao del Sur (06.74°N, 125.20°E - 005 km N 72° W) with a tectonic origin and a depth of focus of 3 km. Source: DOST-PHIVOLC
...(more)
Liquefaction sank Davao Sur buildingSat, 21 Dec 2019 04:26:00 +0100.

PADADA, Davao del Sur, Philippines — Science Undersecretary Renato Solidum stressed the need to follow the building code in putting up structures in areas like this town identified by experts to be prone to liquefaction. Solidum made the ca
...(more)
Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report #50 on the Ms 6.6 Earthquake Incident ... Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:35:00 +0100.

Situation Overview. On 29 October 2019 at 09:04 AM, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake jolted the municipality of Tulunan, North Cotabato (06.81°N, 125.03°E - 022 km S 79°E) with a tectonic origin and a depth of focus of 7 km. The earthquake was al
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),