M 5.1 in Philippines on 05 Jun 2020 13:38 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 1221116
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 37.59 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.6918 , 120.942
Event Date: 05 Jun 2020 13:38 UTC
05 Jun 2020 21:38 Local
Exposed Population:
1330000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Jun 2020 18:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000a6ih Scaled population (vector) 6.16  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.18  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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

Turning disasters into opportunitiesSun, 07 Jun 2020 05:21:00 +0200.

Disasters have a negative connotation as they entail loss, death, disruption, and havoc. We associate them with pictures of destruction and desolation, of houses buried deep during a landslide, or terrified people shaken by an earthquake. M
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Magnitude 4.3 earthquake hits parts of Davao OccidentalFri, 05 Jun 2020 04:36:00 +0200.

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck off Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Friday morning. Information from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology showed that the tectonic earthquake was recorded 400 kilomete
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Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes waters off Davao OrientalThu, 04 Jun 2020 12:37:00 +0200.

MANILA, Philippines A magnitude 6.6 earthquake was recorded at 4:50 p.m. Thursday off the waters of Davao Oriental province, according to state seismology bureau Its epicenter was located 172 kilometers southeast of Governor Genoroso. Inten
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1st LD Writethru: Magnitude-5.4 earthquake rattles southern Philippine ... Sat, 30 May 2020 19:42:00 +0200.

MANILA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines on Saturday night, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs) said. The
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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),