M 4.9 in Philippines on 12 Sep 2012 14:23 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: 4.9M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 10.3911 , 126.716
Event Date: 12 Sep 2012 14:23 UTC
12 Sep 2012 22:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 93000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2012fka5
Inserted at: 12 Sep 2012 15:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us2012fka5 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
119580 0.5 12 Sep 2012 14:23 4.9M, 4.1km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 01:34 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 130000 people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Northern Mindanao Philippines 3.5 million people
Eastern Visayas Philippines 3.1 million people
Southern Mindanao Philippines 4.5 million people
Central Visayas Philippines 4.6 million people
Bicol Philippines 3.9 million people
Central Mindanao Philippines 3.2 million people
Western Visayas Philippines 5.4 million people
Western Mindanao Philippines 3.2 million people
Southern Tagalog Philippines 8.3 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 0 100 km

More information

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