M 4.8 in Philippines on 22 Jan 2014 01:59 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 1024547
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 49.57 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.7003 , 120.7753
Event Date: 22 Jan 2014 01:59 UTC
22 Jan 2014 09:59 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2805 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Jan 2014 02:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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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Latest media headlines

Philippines: Earthquake-affected communities fear being forgotten 1/24/2014 5:59:00 AM.

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Philippines 23 January 2014 - Fareeda Corra once owned a modest shop and a house in the small fishing village of Sitto San Juan, in the Bohol region of the southern Phi
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Philippines: Philippines: Typhoons and floods 2013, Emergency appeal n.. 1/23/2014 1:39:00 PM.

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Country: Philippines Period covered: 16 October to 31 December 2013 Appeal target (current): CHF 1,856,354 Appeal coverage: The appeal is 54 per cent covered in hard a
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Philippines: UNICEF Philippines Bohol Earthquake Situation Report, 22 .. 1/23/2014 7:30:00 AM.

Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Philippines Reporting period: 9 November 2013 – 12 January 2014 Highlights The Bohol Earthquake Action Plan was launched on 23 October by the Philippines Humanitarian Country Team, requesting US$46 millio
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Typhoon Haiyan aftermath underlines need for IDP law 1/22/2014 4:49:00 PM.

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Philippines Following the widespread displacement caused by typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda), the UN refugee agency is renewing its support for the enactment of a national legislation up
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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),