M 5.8 in Philippines on 20 Sep 2020 22:13 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 1236140
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 9 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.2631 , 126.6798
Event Date: 20 Sep 2020 22:13 UTC
21 Sep 2020 06:13 Local
Exposed Population: 490000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Sep 2020 18:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us7000bql2 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0.43  
  C2 shakemap 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 56 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

U.N. nations present their lists of must-dos in fight against virusThu, 24 Sep 2020 11:35:00 +0200.

With the 75th annual U.N. General Assembly reduced to recorded speeches because of the pandemic, leaders are using this week as an opportunity to depict the pandemic from the vantage points of their nations and themselves -- and present the
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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits Surigao del SurThu, 24 Sep 2020 05:07:00 +0200.

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Bayabas, Surigao del Sur on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. It had a depth of focus of 24 kilometers. A ftershocks are ex
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Phivolcs: Bulacan airport location at risk from flooding, geohazardsWed, 23 Sep 2020 16:07:00 +0200.

MANILA, Philippines The site of the proposed international airport in Bulacanfishing and mangrove areasis facing several geohazards and frequent floodings, experts said Wednesday. Although it is located far from any fault systems, the site
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Quake jolts Surigao SurMon, 21 Sep 2020 19:12:00 +0200.

MANILA, Philippines A magnitude-5.7 earthquake jolted the town of Bayabas in Surigao del Sur yesterday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The quake was not expected to cause damage, but Phivolcs
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),