Overall Green Earthquake in Philippines on 13 Jul 2026 17:44 UTC

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M 5 in Philippines on 13 Jul 2026 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 1551672
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	20.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	5.577 , 125.4626
Event Date:	13 Jul 2026 17:44 UTC 14 Jul 2026 01:44 Local
Exposed Population:	5 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at:	13 Jul 2026 18:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4.2 (Philippines)

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000t048	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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