M 5.2 in Philippines on 21 Dec 2014 10:00 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: 5.2M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 11.5748 , 126.0308
Event Date: 21 Dec 2014 10:00 UTC
21 Dec 2014 18:00 Local
Exposed Population:
419633 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 21 Dec 2014 10:20 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
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
1067813 0.4 21 Dec 2014 10:00 5.2M, 35km N/A 420 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 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 Eastern Visayas (population 3,055,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 440000 people
75 km 260000 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
Eastern Visayas Philippines 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
Borongan 2 61 km
Guiuan 2 Civ. Paved No 7000 67 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Borongan PHBGV Philippines 64 km
Gen Macarthur Philippines 64 km
Guiuan Philippines 69 km

More information

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