2020-08-18
Emergency Obs. Request Information
- Disaster Type: Earthquake
- Country/Region: 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).
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
