M 4.6 in Philippines on 25 May 2017 16:59 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 1113803
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 36.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.5579 , 124.7848
Event Date: 25 May 2017 16:59 UTC
26 May 2017 00:59 Local
Exposed Population:
7630000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 May 2017 20:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us10008vcu Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Bangladesh raises highest danger warning as cyclone takes aim 5/29/2017 4:13:00 PM.

By Ruma Paul and Dinuka Liyanawatte. DHAKA/AGALAWATTE, Sri Lanka/ (Reuters) - Bangladesh raised its storm danger signal to the highest level of 10 on Monday as a severe and intensifying cyclone churned toward its low-lying coast and was exp
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Steigende Opferzahlen in Sri Lanka: Regierung auf Monsun kaum vorberei.. 5/29/2017 4:01:00 PM.

Angesichts drohender neuer Niederschläge haben Rettungskräfte am Montag unter Zeitdruck Hilfslieferungen in die Überschwemmungsgebiete von Sri Lanka gebracht und weitere Evakuationen durchgeführt. In manchen Dörfern steht das Wasser meterho
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Bangladesh raises storm warning to highest level as cyclone takes aim 5/29/2017 3:56:00 PM.

The Disaster Ministry ordered authorities to evacuate people from the coast, the ministry’s additional secretary, Golam Mostafa, told reporters in Dhaka. About 10 million of Bangladesh’s population of 160 million live in coastal areas. Rive
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Bangladesh raises highest danger warning as cyclone takes aim 5/29/2017 3:51:00 PM.

DHAKA/AGALAWATTE, Sri Lanka/ Bangladesh raised its storm danger signal to the highest level of 10 on Monday as a severe and intensifying cyclone churned toward its low-lying coast and was expected to make landfall in the early hours of Tues
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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),