2020-08-18
Emergency Obs. Request Information
- Disaster Type: Earthquake
- Country: Philippines
- Occurrence Date (UTC): 18 August, 2020
- SA activation Date(UTC): 19 August, 2020
- Requester: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
- Escalation to the International Charter: Yes
- GLIDE Number:
Disaster Situation
At 00 :03 AM (UTC) of 18 Aug 2020 (Tuesday), a strong Magnitude (M) 6.6 earthquake shook the province of Masbate and vicinity. Using the PHIVOLCS seismic network, the epicenter of the earthquake is located 7 kilometers S29°E of Cataingan , Masbate (11.96°N, 124.03°E ) at a depth of 21 kilometers. As of 1:00 PM, 18 August 2020, 28 aftershocks ranging from M1.6 to M3.8 were recorded (23 of which were plotted, and one was felt).
Satellite Image
Before Disaster
JAXA
After Disaster
GISTDA
ISRO
JAXA
Product
AIT
2020-08-21
EARTHQUAKE IN MASBATE PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES
As observed by Sentinel 1-B on 21 August 2020
EOS
2020-08-20
ARIA-SG Damage Proxy Map:
Philippines, Earthquake, 20 Aug 2020, v0.4
Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS)/ESA/NASA-JPL/ARIA-SG team
20200820 UTC 2130 - 20200824 UTC 2131
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020)
UNW V0.1
20200820 UTC 2130 - 20200824 UTC 2131
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020)
UNW Unmasked V0.1
20200820 UTC 2130 - 20200824 UTC 2131
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020)
WRP V0.1
MBRSC
PHIVOLCS
Web GIS
Earthquake in Philippines on 18 August, 2020 see detail
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The account will be sent to the EOR requester after Web GIS page is prepared.