M 4.9 in Philippines on 18 Dec 2013 14:46 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 1020594
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 61.31 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.0243 , 120.8722
Event Date: 18 Dec 2013 14:46 UTC
18 Dec 2013 22:46 Local
Exposed Population:
8583110 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Dec 2013 15:53 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

At year's end: Typhoons, tornadoes and flooding leave mark on 2013 12/22/2013 12:12:00 PM.

MICHELLE GROENKE, United Press International Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines in early November, leveling entire communities and creating massive devastation.
P145B-rehab fund set for 2014 12/22/2013 6:28:00 AM.

The fund will be sourced from the P2.265-trillion national budget for next year, which was enacted by President Benigno Aquino III last Friday. Included in the 2014 budget are authorizations worth P100 billion intended for the completion of
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),