M 4.8 in Philippines on 30 Aug 2020 17:44 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 1232397
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 22.96 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.6067 , 125.3776
Event Date: 30 Aug 2020 17:44 UTC
31 Aug 2020 01:44 Local
Exposed Population:
7200000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Sep 2020 16:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
us7000bf26 Scaled population (vector) 6.89  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.18  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 254 | About casualties: 53 | Last hour: 0

Mindanao grid remains intact as magnitude 5 earthquake jolts Davao del ... Mon, 31 Aug 2020 05:03:00 +0200.

DIGOS CITY –– A 5-magnitude quake struck in Kiblawan town of Davao del Sur at 1:44 a.m. on Monday, August 31. the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs tracked the earthquake’s epicenter 8 kilomet
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Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report #58 on the Ms 6.6 Earthquake Incident ... Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:39:00 +0200.

Situation Overview. On 29 October 2019 at 09:04 AM, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake jolted the municipality of Tulunan, North Cotabato (06.81N, 125.03E - 022 km S 79E) with a tectonic origin and a depth of focus of 7 km. The earthquake was also
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Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report #9 on the Mw 6.6 Earthquake Incident i ... Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:39:00 +0200.

Situation Overview. On 18 August 2020 at 8:03 AM, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake jolted the municipality of Cataingan, Masbate (11.96N, 124.03E - 007 km S 29 E) with a tectonic origin and a depth of focus of 21 km. The earthquake was also felt
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Philippines: NDRRMC Update: SitRep No. 09 re Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake ... Sun, 30 Aug 2020 06:38:00 +0200.

Excerpts. II. EFFECTS. A. AFFECTED POPULATION. A total of 1,542 families/6,397 persons were affected by this earthquake in 57 barangays the Province of Masbate. Of which, 307 families/1,234 persons are currently staying in 12 evacuation cen
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),