M 5.6 in Philippines on 04 Oct 2020 18:16 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 1238076
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 136.93 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.639 , 120.7423
Event Date: 04 Oct 2020 18:16 UTC
05 Oct 2020 02:16 Local
Exposed Population: 12460000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Oct 2020 18:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us6000c5i4 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0.43  
  C2 shakemap 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Latest media headlines

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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake shakes Occidental MindoroMon, 05 Oct 2020 04:31:00 +0200.

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Occidental Mindoro at 2: 16 a.m. on Monday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The epicenter was located 31 kilometers southeast of L
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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake shakes Occidental MindoroMon, 05 Oct 2020 04:31:00 +0200.

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Occidental Mindoro at 2: 16 a.m. on Monday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The epicenter was located 17 km northeast of Looc at a
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Moderate quake rattles Mindoro, PhilippinesMon, 05 Oct 2020 03:08:00 +0200.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rattled Mindoro, Philippines at 2.16 am today. According to a statement from the Malaysian Meteorological Department, the quake occurred about 40 kilometres southw
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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),