M 5.6 in Philippines on 10 Sep 2019 05:39 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 1188115
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 55.52 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.7042 , 126.4689
Event Date: 10 Sep 2019 05:39 UTC
10 Sep 2019 13:39 Local
Exposed Population: 200000 people in MMI
840000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Sep 2019 05:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us70005dza Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0.43  
  C2 shakemap 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 39 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Philippine capital jolted by quakeSat, 14 Sep 2019 04:36:00 +0200.

MANILA: An earthquake that struck east of the Philippine capital Manila on Friday set buildings swaying and sent scores into the streets, but authorities said they did not expect any damage. The 5.2-magnitude jolt hit offshore near sparsely
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Friday the 13th in Vico Sotto’s PasigSat, 14 Sep 2019 02:49:00 +0200.

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Philippine capital jolted by quake 32 mins ago WorldFri, 13 Sep 2019 18:42:00 +0200.

Office workers stand outside their building after a 5.2-magnitude hit Manila on September 13, 2019. – An earthquake that struck east of the Philippine capital Manila on September 13 set buildings swaying and sent scores into the streets, bu
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Moderate earthquake - Luzon, Philippines - September 13, 2019Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:03:00 +0200.

Makati - Moderate shaking 2 times; San Joaquin Pasig City - Moderate shaking; Tierra Pura Homes, Quezon City - First I felt vertical movement, then sideways and thought I was having a dizzy spell. Manila - Less than a minute. No damage(3rd
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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),