M 4.8 in Philippines on 30 Mar 2015 01:47 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: 4.8M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.3845 , 124.2879
Event Date: 30 Mar 2015 01:47 UTC
30 Mar 2015 09:47 Local
Exposed Population:
1948983 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 30 Mar 2015 02:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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
1075086 -0.7 30 Mar 2015 01:48 4.8M, 81.4km N/A 2.5 million (in 100km) 00:23 NEIC
1075089 0.2 30 Mar 2015 01:47 4.8M, 35km N/A 1.9 million (in 100km) 00:45 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 2.5 million people
75 km 1.2 million people
50 km 380000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Central Visayas Philippines 4.6 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
Tagbilaran TAG 5 Civ. Paved No 4100 49 km
Camiguin CGM 5 Civ. Paved No 4200 63 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Jagna Philippines 45 km
Tagbilaran PHTAG Philippines 48 km

More information

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