Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 04 Feb 2016 22:41 UTC

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M 5.1 in Philippines on 04 Feb 2016 22:41 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:	5.1M
Depth:	44.97 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.8257 , 122.2957
Event Date:	04 Feb 2016 22:41 UTC 05 Feb 2016 06:41 Local
Exposed Population:	3434506 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	04 Feb 2016 23:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
	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
1118516		0.6	04 Feb 2016 22:41	5.1M, 44.97km	N/A	3.4 million (in 100km)		00:18	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 Tagalog (population 8,266,000) . The nearest places are Bayabas, Nieva, Lopez, Anos, Capuluan, Rizal, Buenavista, San Isidro, Calauag, and General Luna.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.4 million people
75 km	1.8 million people
50 km	850000 people
20 km	220000 people
10 km	63000 people
5 km	20000 people
2 km	3000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Southern Tagalog	Philippines	8.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Bayabas	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	6 km
Lopez	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	26000 people	7 km
Nieva	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	10 km
Anos	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	12 km
Rizal	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	2900 people	14 km
Calauag	Quezon	Philippines	Village	21000 people	14 km
Capuluan	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	2200 people	16 km
General Luna	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	9100 people	20 km
Buenavista	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	21 km
San Isidro	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	3500 people	22 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
Pagbilao Grande Island		4					60 km
Larap		5					64 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Hondagua / Siain	PHHON	Philippines	16 km
Aloneros		Philippines	20 km

More information

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