M 5.4 in Philippines on 15 Oct 2013 08:52 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 19.35 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.86 , 123.99
Event Date: 15 Oct 2013 08:52 UTC
15 Oct 2013 16:52 Local
Exposed Population:
5600343 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 15 Oct 2013 09:14 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
1016457 1 15 Oct 2013 08:52 5.4M, 19.35km N/A 5.6 million (in 100km) 00:22 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 Central Visayas (population 4,593,000) . The nearest places are and Agbonan.

Radius Population
100 km 5.6 million people
75 km 4.8 million people
50 km 1.6 million people
20 km 340000 people
10 km 81000 people
5 km 27000 people
2 km 3000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Central Visayas Philippines 4.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Agbonan Central Visayas Philippines Village - 3 km

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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
Tagbilaran TAG 5 Civ. Paved No 4100 26 km
Mactan-Cebu International NOP 11 Civ. Paved Yes 10800 52 km
Lahug 29 55 km
Ubay 8 55 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Tubigan Philippines 14 km
Maribojoc Philippines 21 km
Tagbilaran PHTAG Philippines 27 km

More information

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