M 4.5 in Philippines on 23 Mar 2014 01:18 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: 4.5M
Depth: 25.76 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.2114 , 125.0725
Event Date: 23 Mar 2014 01:18 UTC
23 Mar 2014 09:18 Local
Exposed Population:
7427185 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 23 Mar 2014 01:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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
1044554 0 23 Mar 2014 01:18 4.5M, 25.76km N/A 7.4 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 Mindanao (population 3,171,000) . The nearest places are Davao, Miuban, and President Roxas.

Radius Population
100 km 7.4 million people
75 km 4.9 million people
50 km 1.4 million people
20 km 110000 people
10 km 15000 people
5 km 3900 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Central Mindanao Philippines 3.2 million people
Southern Mindanao Philippines 4.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
President Roxas Central Mindanao Philippines Village 11000 people 6 km
Miuban Central Mindanao Philippines Village - 7 km
Davao Southern Mindanao Philippines Major city 1.2 million people 62 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
Francisco Bangoy International DVO 27 Civ. Paved Yes 8200 64 km
Awang CBO 58 Civ. Paved No 6200 95 km
Surallah (Aallah Valley) AAV 183 Civ. Unpaved No 4500 100 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Daliao Philippines 53 km
Talomo Philippines 56 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Pulangi 4 Pulangi 1986 64 km

More information

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