M 4.6 in Philippines on 18 Mar 2014 09:48 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 92.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.9061 , 126.2095
Event Date: 18 Mar 2014 09:48 UTC
18 Mar 2014 17:48 Local
Exposed Population:
741464 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 18 Mar 2014 10:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1044098 -1 18 Mar 2014 09:48 4.6M, 92.4km N/A 740 thousand (in 100km) 00:21 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Philippines , Region of Northern Mindanao (population 3,510,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 740000 people
75 km 390000 people
50 km 150000 people
20 km 80000 people
10 km 3700 people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Philippines Northern Mindanao 3.5 million people
Philippines Southern Mindanao 4.5 million people
Philippines Eastern Visayas 3.1 million people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Siargao 3 25 km
Nonoc 4 66 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Dapa Philippines 22 km
Numancia Philippines 25 km

More information

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