M 4.6 in Philippines on 12 Aug 2016 10:43 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 1091718
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 44.85 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.1174 , 123.1652
Event Date: 12 Aug 2016 10:43 UTC
12 Aug 2016 18:43 Local
Exposed Population:
10573779 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Aug 2016 11:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006d9v 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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durante la notte nel nord del Cile é stata registrata : lo rende noto l’Istituto geologico statunitense (Usgs). Il sisma é stato localizzato 29 chilometri a est di Calama, a circa 160 chilometri dalla costa e ad una profondità di 104 chilom
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Extreme Weather Wreaks Havoc on Philippines 8/15/2016 6:53:00 PM.

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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),