M 5 in Philippines on 27 Jan 2024 18:29 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 1412350
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 158.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.5153 , 125.8159
Event Date: 27 Jan 2024 18:29 UTC
28 Jan 2024 02:29 Local
Exposed Population:
100 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 27 Jan 2024 18:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ludp Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 17 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 1

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - Philippine Islands Region on Thursday, Feb ... 2024-01-31T17:23+0100.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Pondaguitan, a town with 2,100 inhabitants in the Philippines , in 150 km (93 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking
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How Filipinos can use this online platform to map hazards during disas ... 2024-01-31T12:48+0100.

MANILA, Philippines – When disasters strike, what can you do to help others make informed decisions about their safety? Among the ways that Filipinos can help out is to report hazards they observe in their communities during disasters. One
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World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 31 January 20242024-01-31T06:29+0100.

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 3 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 26 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 156 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 242 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 1.9 x 10 1
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Moderate mag. 4.9 earthquake - Indonesia: Northern Molucca Sea on Wedn ... 2024-01-30T19:27+0100.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Tobelo, a town with 10,000 inhabitants in Indonesia , in 146 km (91 mi) distance east of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. The followin
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),