Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 03 Feb 2016 16:05 UTC

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M 4.6 in Philippines on 03 Feb 2016 16:05 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:	4.6M
Depth:	66.29 Km
Lat/Lon:	6.333 , 125.5403
Event Date:	03 Feb 2016 16:05 UTC 04 Feb 2016 00:05 Local
Exposed Population:	4729240 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	03 Feb 2016 23:33 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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1118415		0.1	03 Feb 2016 16:05	4.6M, 66.29km	N/A	4.7 million (in 100km)		07:27	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) . The nearest places are Davao, Lacaron, Tukulan, Cagamcam, Tingkalungan, Kibalatong, Lais, Malita, Bolila, Latian, and Talagutang.

Radius	Population
100 km	4.7 million people
75 km	2 million people
50 km	1.2 million people
20 km	74000 people
10 km	30000 people
5 km	8000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	4.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bolila	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2100 people	4 km
Kibalatong	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	6 km
Tukulan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	8 km
Malita	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	40000 people	11 km
Tingkalungan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	12 km
Lais	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	12 km
Lacaron	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2700 people	13 km
Cagamcam	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	14 km
Latian	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	15 km
Talagutang	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Davao	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Major city	1.2 million people	83 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
Malita		5					11 km
Buayan	GES	9	Civ.	Paved	No	5500	42 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Lamitan		Philippines	32 km
Dadiangas	PHDAD	Philippines	50 km

More information

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