M 5.7 in Philippines on 14 Jun 2021 14:38 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1273121
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.7012 , 124.9959
Event Date: 14 Jun 2021 14:38 UTC
14 Jun 2021 22:38 Local
Exposed Population: 120000 people in MMI
8310000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Jun 2021 14:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.3 1.3
us7000ecyk Scaled population (raster) 3.93  
  C1 shakemap 0.43  
  C2 shakemap 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Philippines - Earthquake (ECHO 15 Jun 2021)Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:39

  • An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 10 km (3 km as reported by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology - PHIVOLCS) hit central Mindanao Island (southern Philippines) on 14 June at 14.38 UTC (22.38 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 2.5 km north of Don Carlos Municipality and 7 km south of Maramag Municipality, both Municipalities are in Bukidnon Province.
  • PHIVOLCS recorded several aftershocks with magnitude up to 5.2 M in the area. USGS PAGER estimates that up to 115,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and 379,000 to strong shaking.
  • According to media, there are no immediate reports of any casualties or damage. 
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),