Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 18 Feb 2016 16:38 UTC

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M 4.8 in Philippines on 18 Feb 2016 16:38 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 1080876
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.8M
Depth:	91.82 Km
Lat/Lon:	6.5373 , 126.9737
Event Date:	18 Feb 2016 16:38 UTC 19 Feb 2016 00:38 Local
Exposed Population:	298470 people within 100km
Inserted at:	18 Feb 2016 21:39 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-0.9		-0.9
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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