M 4.5 in Mindanao, Philippines on 29 Dec 2020 16:45 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 1249551
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.1076 , 125.3898
Event Date: 29 Dec 2020 16:45 UTC
30 Dec 2020 00:45 Local
Exposed Population:
270000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Dec 2020 17:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000d40z Scaled population (vector) 5.13  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.18  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 26 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Philippines: Magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake occurs near southern Mi ... Tue, 29 Dec 2020 19:12:00 +0100.

Magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake occurs near southern Mindanao region, Philippines at around 0021 PHST Dec. 30. No tsunami warning issued.
Celebes Sea: Magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake occurs in Celebes Sea o ... Mon, 28 Dec 2020 07:49:00 +0100.

Magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake occurs off Karakelong Island, Indonesia, at around 1246 WITA Dec. 28. No immediate reports of damage.
Philippines: Magnitude-5.1 earthquake strikes off Mindanao, at 1034 De ... Fri, 25 Dec 2020 04:58:00 +0100.

Magnitude-5.1 offshore earthquake strikes off Mindanao, Philippines, at 1034 Dec. 25. Disruptions possible.
Philippines: Magnitude-5.0 earthquake strikes in the Philippine Sea, n ... Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:26:00 +0100.

Magnitude-5.0 earthquake strikes in the Philippine Sea, northeast of Mindanao, at 2137 PHST Dec. 22. No tsunami warning issued.

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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),