M 6.1 in Philippines on 02 Nov 2012 18:17 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 120639
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 38.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.2587 , 126.233
Event Date: 02 Nov 2012 18:17 UTC
03 Nov 2012 02:17 Local
Exposed Population:
1955452 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Nov 2012 20:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000djgv Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 358 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Wakayama eyes email tsunami alertTue, 06 Nov 2012 17:44:00 +0100.

The Wakayama Prefectural Government plans to launch an email warning system that can send messages to residents of the prefecture instantly when tsunami threaten. The text messaging services will carry information detected by earthquake and
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Tsunami-hit city picks American as PR chiefTue, 06 Nov 2012 17:44:00 +0100.

The city of Rikuzentakata, which was ravaged by the March 2011 tsunami but now wants the world to know it's on the mend, has chosen an experienced American interpreter as its director of global public relations. As a volunteer, Amya Miller
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UPDATE1: Japan seeks ASEM members' understanding over Senkaku row with ... Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:06:00 +0100.

VIENTIANE - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda called Tuesday for understanding of Tokyo's stance over a ter...
Main points of Japan gov't briefing on summits with Denmark, LaosTue, 06 Nov 2012 17:06:00 +0100.

VIENTIANE - The following are the main points of a news briefing on separate meetings held Tuesday between Japan...

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),