M 4.9 in Philippines on 31 Jul 2022 11:27 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 1332896
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.4231 , 120.7484
Event Date: 31 Jul 2022 11:27 UTC
31 Jul 2022 19:27 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 31 Jul 2022 11:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us6000i6yg Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0.43  
  C2 rapid impact 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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: 362 | About casualties: 27 | Last hour: 0

Phivolcs reminds public on importance of disaster preparedness2022-08-04T10:55+0200.

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Director Renato Solidum Jr. on Wednesday reminded the public anew on the importance of preparedness in case of disasters such as strong earthquakes. "Ang importante, siguro magin
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Lanao del Sur lawmakers sound alarm over PH’s rate of internal displac ... 2022-08-04T07:18+0200.

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines – Lanao del Sur lawmakers sounded alarm bells over the rate of evacuations in the country due to man-made and natural causes, saying the number of cases of internal displacement reached more than 5.6 million in 2021
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Philippines: Tayum, Abra Earthquake - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA), ... 2022-08-04T03:19+0200.

A. Situation analysis. Description of the disaster. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake stuck on 27 July 2022, with the epicentre located in the municipality of Tayum, province of Abra in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Region. The Philippine
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Bong Go and Robin seek quick rehab2022-08-03T19:29+0200.

Senators Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go and Robinhood Padilla, in a joint effort, wanted immediate government support in the restoration of quake-affected cultural heritage sites and national landmarks. Stressing the constitutional mandate
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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),