M 4.5 in Philippine Islands Region on 15 Aug 2022 08:52 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 1333707
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.1092 , 121.1257
Event Date: 15 Aug 2022 08:52 UTC
15 Aug 2022 16:52 Local
Exposed Population:
80 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2022 06:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us6000iayn Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0.43  
  C2 rapid impact 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 175 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Surigao del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its earthquake bulletin, Phivolcs said the temblor hit 2 kilometers s
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Magnitude 5.1 quake hits Surigao del Norte2022-08-17T12:45+0200.

A magnitude 5.1 quake struck Socorro, Surigao del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported. The tectonic quake occurred at 5:35 p.m. with a depth of 129 kilometers, according t
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Magnitude 5.1 quake hits Surigao del Norte2022-08-17T12:41+0200.

MANILA A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Surigao del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The tectonic quake, which struck around 5:35 p.m. at a depth of 129 kilometers,
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Moderate yet deep magnitude 5.1 earthquake 85 km northeast of Butuan, ... 2022-08-17T12:08+0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred in the afternoon on Wednesday, August 17th, 2022, at 5:35 pm local time near Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Caraga, Philippines, as reported by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVO
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),