M 5.8 in Philippines on 10 Feb 2024 03:22 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 1414701
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Glide number: EQ-2024-000012-PHL
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.6991 , 125.5444
Event Date: 10 Feb 2024 03:22 UTC
10 Feb 2024 11:22 Local
Exposed Population: 60 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 10 Feb 2024 03:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 1.2
us7000ly6w Scaled population (raster) 3.78  
  C1 shakemap 0.43  
  C2 shakemap 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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Philippines - Earthquakes and landslide, update (ECHO 12 Feb 2024)Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:46

  • Two earthquakes of 5.8 M (5.9 M according to national authorities) and 5.4 M, respectively at a depth of 10 and 12.8 km occurred in northern Mindanao Island (southern Philippines) on 10 February at 3.22 UTC (3.22 local time) and 5.21 UTC (13.21 local time). The epicentre of the 5.8 M earthquake was located approximately 9 km south-southwest of Tungao City (Agusan del Norte Province, Caraga Region).
  • The U.S. Geological Survey Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) estimates that up to 61,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and 130,000 to strong shaking. 
  • According to media reports, there were no immediate reports of any casualties due to the seismic activity in the area. The earthquakes halted search and rescue activities of people buried by a landslide that hit the mountain village of Masara in Davao de Oro Province (Davao Region, bordering the Caraga Region) on 6 February and resulted in 54 fatalities and 63 still missing people.
  • For the next 24 hours, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms are forecast over the Mindanao Island.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 165 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 2

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Philippines: Nearly 100,000 families displaced by floods and landslide ... 2024-02-14T01:52+0100.

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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),