M 4.7 in Philippines on 21 Dec 2016 10:48 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 1101467
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 110.41 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.3745 , 125.9331
Event Date: 21 Dec 2016 10:48 UTC
21 Dec 2016 18:48 Local
Exposed Population:
4220672 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Dec 2016 11:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10007lp3 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 736 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Thousands flee Christmas Day typhoon in PhilippinesSun, 25 Dec 2016 10:26:00 +0100.

Residents sit inside a classroom at the Central Elementary School which has been turned into an evacuation centre, in Santo Domingo, central Philippines’ Albay province, on December 25, 2016, due to approaching Typhoon Nock-Ten © AFP / Char
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Philippines: des milliers de personnes fuient le typhon Nock-TenSun, 25 Dec 2016 10:17:00 +0100.

Daraga (Philippines) (AFP) - Des milliers de Philippins fuyaient dimanche les régions côtières et d'autres endroits à risques de l'est de l'archipel à l'approche du puissant typhon Nock-Ten le jour de Noël. Les autorités ont mis en garde co
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Residents flee as Nock-ten Christmas Day typhoon approaches Philippine ... Sun, 25 Dec 2016 10:14:00 +0100.

MANILA, Philippines (CNN) - Thousands of residents of low-lying areas of eastern provinces in the Philippines have been moved by authorities as Super typhoon Nock-ten nears the Southeast Asian country. Officials say over 1,000 families have
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Philippines: des milliers de personnes fuient le typhon Nock-TenSun, 25 Dec 2016 10:00:00 +0100.

Les autorités ont mis en garde contre la possibilité de vagues géantes de 2,5 mètres et de glissements de terrain dans la péninsule de Bicol et les îles avoisinantes. Les évacuations préventives pourraient concerner des centaines de millier
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),