M 6.4 in Philippines on 01 Aug 2020 17:09 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 1228482
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Depth: 479.56 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.3037 , 124.1419
Event Date: 01 Aug 2020 17:09 UTC
02 Aug 2020 01:09 Local
Exposed Population:
5720000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2020 17:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000b80p Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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3 quakes hit Mt. Province, Antique, Surigao del Sur–PhivolcsWed, 05 Aug 2020 05:51:00 +0200.

MANILA, Philippines — Three consecutive earthquakes were recorded in Mountain Province, Antique, and Surigao Del Sur on Wednesday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said a magni
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Today in historySun, 02 Aug 2020 09:53:00 +0200.

2 August 2020 (MIA) 338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. 216 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae
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6.4-magnitude earthquake rattles southern PhilippinesSun, 02 Aug 2020 07:00:00 +0200.

6.4-magnitude earthquake rattles southern Philippines. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 shook Maguindanao province in the southern Philippines early on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs) said. Th
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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 (84), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),