M 5 in Philippines on 26 Jan 2014 17:57 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 1024829
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 76.02 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.5334 , 121.8859
Event Date: 26 Jan 2014 17:57 UTC
27 Jan 2014 01:57 Local
Exposed Population:
4714409 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jan 2014 18:16 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.5 -0.5
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: New displacements as Philippines nears final peace deal 1/30/2014 1:22:00 PM.

Source: IRIN Country: Philippines MANILA, 30 January 2014 (IRIN) - More than 10,000 people fled their homes this week in Mindanao, southern Philippines, as government forces launched a major offensive against Muslim splinter groups opposed
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Philippine economy can withstand shocks in 2014: experts 1/30/2014 12:27:00 PM.

MANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Like any other country in the world, the Philippines is not immune to natural disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes. But experts and officials believe that the country's economy will be virtually "shock-proo
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Philippine economy grew 7.2 percent in 2013 1/30/2014 11:55:00 AM.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippine economy expanded 7.2 percent in 2013 despite the havoc wrought in the last months of the year by a super typhoon, an earthquake and a weekslong gun battle that shut down a major port ...
Philippine economy grows 7% 1/30/2014 11:54:00 AM.

MANILA - The Philippine economy expanded 7.% in 2013 despite a devastating typhoon and a powerful earthquake that slowed performance in the last quarter, the government said Thursday.

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