Earthquake Impact Data for a Magnitude 5.4 Event in the Philippines, January 2025

January 20, 2025 is the date of a magnitude 5.4 earthquake recorded 7km south of Lian, Philippines. The dataset contains geospatial information on the event's epicenter and an estimate of 1,782,705 people impacted within a 50km radius. It was generated by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system for humanitarian emergency response.

Use Cases

• Map the earthquake's epicenter and impact radius based on the provided latitude and longitude coordinates.
• Estimate population exposure for emergency resource allocation based on the stated 1,782,705 people within 50km.
• Analyze seismic event characteristics for risk modeling based on the provided magnitude and depth.
• Integrate geospatial disaster data into larger humanitarian dashboards based on the GEOJSON format.

Strengths

• Includes specific event parameters: magnitude 5.4, depth of 136.164, and precise epicenter coordinates.
• Provides a concrete population exposure estimate of 1,782,705 people within a 50km radius.
• Data is structured in a standard geospatial format (GEOJSON) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited to a single event; the dataset's full scope is unclear.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Collected, analysed and mapped by an automated system following a sudden onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

January 20, 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 21:46:23.689139; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Epicenter near Lian, Philippines (latitude 13.9717, longitude 120.6437).