M 4.6 in Philippines on 27 Oct 2015 02:32 UTC
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: 4.6M
Depth: 64.92 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.1535 , 125.3163
Event Date: 27 Oct 2015 02:32 UTC
27 Oct 2015 10:32 Local
Exposed Population:
3353647 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 27 Oct 2015 02:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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
1103692 0.1 27 Oct 2015 02:32 4.6M, 64.92km N/A 3.4 million (in 100km) 00:12 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 Southern Mindanao (population 4,457,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 3.4 million people
75 km 2.3 million people
50 km 1.5 million people
20 km 870000 people
10 km 240000 people
5 km 52000 people
2 km 6400 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Philippines Southern Mindanao 4.5 million people
Philippines Central Mindanao 3.2 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
Buayan GES 9 Civ. Paved No 5500 10 km
Tambler 151 Civ. Paved Yes 10400 26 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Dadiangas PHDAD Philippines 18 km
Glan Philippines 39 km

More information

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