M 5.3 in Philippines on 06 Dec 2023 01:55 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 1404273
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 54.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.6178 , 126.4591
Event Date: 06 Dec 2023 01:55 UTC
06 Dec 2023 09:55 Local
Exposed Population:
1.7 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2023 22:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000lgkp Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

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Médico da testimonio ante unidad británica de crímenes de guerra al vo.. 12/10/2023 1:51:00 AM.

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Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - Philippines: 082 Km N 52° E of Cagwait .. 12/10/2023 1:32:00 AM.

Seismic station: Davao, Philippines (DAV/IU network) | Distance from quake: 295 km / 183 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive
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Strong mag. 5.1 earthquake - Philippines: 077 Km N 88° E of Hinatuan (.. 12/10/2023 1:22:00 AM.

Seismic station: Davao, Philippines (DAV/IU network) | Distance from quake: 193 km / 120 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive
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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),