M 5.6 in Philippines on 09 Dec 2012 21:45 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 121376
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 56 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.7185 , 126.184
Event Date: 09 Dec 2012 21:45 UTC
10 Dec 2012 05:45 Local
Exposed Population:
3805444 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Dec 2012 22:05 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.1 1.1
usc000e75p 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
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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: 463 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

Insight: Japan largely excludes foreign firms in Fukushima clean-upThu, 13 Dec 2012 21:29:00 +0100.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly two years after a massive earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan is failing to keep a pledge to tap global expertise to decommission its crippled reactors, executives at nuclea
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2004: Trop de morts au soleilThu, 13 Dec 2012 20:42:00 +0100.

Le pire tsunami de l’Histoire ravage les rives du golfe du Bengale A Banda Aceh, en Indonésie, on déplace les débris du tsunami avec l’aide d’un éléphant, le 10 janvier 2005. Image: EUGENE HOSHIKO/AP La dépouille, en sac, d’une victime du
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Iberdrola invierte más de 55 millones para mejorar la central nuclear ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:26:00 +0100.

Iberdrola ha invertido en 2012 un total de 55,4 millones de euros en tareas de mejora y modernización de central nuclear de Cofrentes (Valencia), de los que en torno a 3 ó 4 millones han ido destinados a incrementar la seguridad de la plant
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Guam officials get sneak peak of OspreyThu, 13 Dec 2012 19:15:00 +0100.

Government and community officials were treated to a flight on-board one of three MV-22 Osprey aircraft that arrived on Guam last Friday.

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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),