M 5.6 in Philippines on 14 Nov 2012 05:21 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 120880
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 46.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.9914 , 122.43
Event Date: 14 Nov 2012 05:21 UTC
14 Nov 2012 13:21 Local
Exposed Population:
5208726 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Nov 2012 05:46 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 1.2
usc000dsbw 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 379 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

Video: Japan reconstruction funds squanderedSun, 18 Nov 2012 04:37:00 +0100.

It's been 19 months since the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. Thousands of people are still living in temporary housing, and residents say much of the money meant for rebuilding as been misspent.
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Indigenous people direct victims of climate changeSun, 18 Nov 2012 03:10:00 +0100.

KARACHI - Speakers at a seminar on ‘Climate change: Impacts on Livelihood, Marine and Coastal Resources’ said on Saturday that indigenous people were direct victims of climate change and the state had failed to provide required protection t
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Cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6,8 in largul Rusiei, in Oceanul PacificSun, 18 Nov 2012 01:24:00 +0100.

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de moment de 6,8 a avut loc, in cursul noptii de vineri spre sambata, in largul coastelor Rusiei, in Oceanul Pacific, informeaza Institutul american de geofizica (USGS). Cutremurul a avut loc sambata la ora local
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Operation Santa Claus 2012: still giving after 25 yearsSat, 17 Nov 2012 23:19:00 +0100.

It started with popular DJs pulling crazy stunts to attract donations. Then it turned into a multimedia fund-raiser well before the internet age. Today, 25 years on, the spirit of giving is still growing from strength to strength at Operati
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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),