M 4.5 in Philippines on 13 May 2015 17:00 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: 4.5M
Depth: 54.97 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.0996 , 124.0645
Event Date: 13 May 2015 17:00 UTC
14 May 2015 01:00 Local
Exposed Population:
3266837 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 13 May 2015 21:29 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
1080358 0 13 May 2015 17:00 4.5M, 54.97km N/A 3.3 million (in 100km) 04:29 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 Bicol (population 3,910,000) . The nearest places are and Sawanga Bacon.

Radius Population
100 km 3.3 million people
75 km 2.3 million people
50 km 1.3 million people
20 km 260000 people
10 km 34000 people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Bicol Philippines 3.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Sawanga Bacon Bicol Philippines Village - 7 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
Sorsogon 37 Civ. Unpaved No 3200 12 km
Legaspi LGP 20 Civ. Paved No 6800 36 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Sorsogon Philippines 16 km
Coal Harbor Philippines 23 km
Casiguran Philippines 25 km

More information

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