M 5.4 in Philippines on 15 Aug 2022 08:23 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 1333702
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.6259 , 125.0149
Event Date: 15 Aug 2022 08:23 UTC
15 Aug 2022 16:23 Local
Exposed Population: About 2000 people in MMI
3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2022 07:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.9 0.9
us6000iayh Scaled population (raster) 2.31  
  C1 shakemap 0.43  
  C2 shakemap 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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: 308 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

DepEd building 325 temporary learning spaces in Luzon earthquake-hit a ... 2022-08-19T07:35+0200.

MANILA, Philippines – A total of 325 temporary learning spaces are being constructed in areas jolted by the magnitude 7 earthquake in Luzon last July, Department of Education (DepEd) spokesperson Michael Poa said Friday, three days from the
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Earthquakes jolt Ilocos Sur, Davao Occidental2022-08-19T02:59+0200.

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.1 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental while a magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit Ilocos Sur on Friday, according to the State seismologists recorded the earthquake in Davao Occidental at 2:20 a.m. and traced it
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‘It takes a village’: Celebrating the global army of selfless humanita ... 2022-08-18T11:26+0200.

Last year, almost 110 million children in emergency settings accessed formal or non-formal education, including early learning. Likewise, over 896,900 refugee children and children from host communities were supported with connected or home
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Philippines: Mindanao Displacement Dashboard, July 2022 - Issue No. 942022-08-18T02:24+0200.

DISPLACEMENT OVERVIEW. As of the 31st of July, an estimated total number of 21,184 families (104,084 individuals) remain displaced in Mindanao. Those displaced can be classified into three main groups, depending on the length of displacemen
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),