M 5 in Philippines on 16 Dec 2022 11:00 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 1350721
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 140.227 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.6115 , 120.8039
Event Date: 16 Dec 2022 11:00 UTC
16 Dec 2022 19:00 Local
Exposed Population:
560 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2022 11:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000j9pe Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Magnitude 5.0 earthquake strikes Philippines 12/20/2022 5:17:00 AM.

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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Philippines 12/20/2022 12:12:00 AM.

A strong quake with a magnitude of 5.2 earthquake hit southern Philippines at 5:44 AM on Tuesday. The quake's epicentre was reported at Amai Manabilang, Lanao Del Sur on the southern island of Mindanao. Aftershocks are expected, accor
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A magnitude 5.2 earthquake jolts southern Philippines 12/19/2022 11:43:00 PM.

A strong quake with a magnitude of 5.2 earthquake hit southern Philippines at 5:44 AM on Tuesday. The quake's epicentre was seen at Amai Manabilang, Lanao Del Sur on the southern island....

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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),