M 4.5 in Philippines on 28 Dec 2020 13:43 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 1249359
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 166.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.9562 , 120.6492
Event Date: 28 Dec 2020 13:43 UTC
28 Dec 2020 21:43 Local
Exposed Population:
27810000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Dec 2020 14:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000d3p3 Scaled population (vector) 7.21  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.18  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 141 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

DSWD DROMIC Report #1 on the Mw 6.2 Earthquake Incident in Sarangani, ... Fri, 01 Jan 2021 08:57:00 +0100.

English Situation Report on Philippines about Earthquake; published on 30 Dec 2020 by Govt. Philippines
Light magnitude 4.3 quake hits 23 km southwest of Sarangani, Philippin ... Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:32:00 +0100.

4.3 quake 31 Dec 7:03 am (GMT +8) A intermediate magnitude 4.3 earthquake was reported in the morning near Sarangani, Davao Occidental, Davao, Philippines. According to Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), th
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Light 4.3 quake hits near Sarangani, Davao Occidental, Davao, Philippi ... Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:32:00 +0100.

4.3 quake 31 Dec 7:02 am (GMT +8) A magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Sarangani, Davao Occidental, Davao, Philippines, was reported only 12 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key interna
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Mag. 4.8 earthquake - Philippines Sea, 54 km northeast of Baganga, Pro ... Wed, 30 Dec 2020 23:29:00 +0100.

Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) reported a magnitude 4.8 quake in the Philippines near Baganga, Davao Oriental, Davao, 39 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Thursday 31 December 2020 at 5:27
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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),