M 6 in Philippine Islands Region on 05 May 2022 08:21 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 1321363
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 21.69 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.5386 , 127.1428
Event Date: 05 May 2022 08:21 UTC
05 May 2022 16:21 Local
Exposed Population: 40 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 05 May 2022 14:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000h781 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Surigao del Sur2022-05-06T14:29+0200.

MANILA -- A magnitude 5.2 earthquake jolted Surigao del Sur province Friday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The tectonic quake struck 16 kilometers east of the municipality of Marihatag
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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Surigao del Sur2022-05-06T12:41+0200.

(Grabbed from Phivolcs' website) MANILA -- A magnitude 5.2 earthquake jolted Surigao del Sur province Friday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The tectonic quake struck 16 kilometers east
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4.6-magnitude quake hits Surigao del Sur — Phivolcs2022-05-06T10:10+0200.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was recorded in Surigao del Sur at around 3:34 p.m., Friday, May 6, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs traced the epicenter of the earthquake at 23 kilometers (km) so
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Magnitude 5.1 quake hits DavOr2022-05-06T05:18+0200.

MANILA - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Davao Oriental Friday morning. In its earthquake bulletin issued at 8:15 a.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the tectonic quake struck 118 kilometers southeast
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),