M 4.9 in Philippines on 18 Dec 2013 02:46 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 1020661
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 61.31 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.0243 , 120.8722
Event Date: 18 Dec 2013 02:46 UTC
18 Dec 2013 10:46 Local
Exposed Population:
8583110 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Dec 2013 08:42 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

Ban Ki-moon visita zona filipina azotada por tifón 12/21/2013 11:42:00 PM.

El secretario general de Naciones Unidas, Ban Ki-moon, fue recibido el sábado con canciones navideñas en voces de niños que perdieron sus hogares en una ciudad del centro de Filipinas devastada por un potente tifón que el mes pasado mató a
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Don't despair, UN chief tells Filipino typhoon survivors 12/21/2013 11:22:00 PM.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stepped up an appeal for funds to help the Philippines recover from a devastating typhoon last month after visiting stricken areas.
US envoy visits Tesda, takes a peek at solar light production 12/20/2013 2:54:00 PM.

NEW United States (US) Ambas-sador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg visited the Technical Education and Skills Devel-opment Authority (Tesda) central office in Taguig City to take a glance on the volunteers, trainers and trainees who asse
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Children widely ignored in Philippines recovery 12/20/2013 2:18:00 PM.

Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. CHILDREN must be central to recovery plans after the devastating Philippines storm, a new report finds. Nearly six million children have been
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),