Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 18 Feb 2016 17:49 UTC

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M 4.6 in Philippines on 18 Feb 2016 17:49 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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	12.411 , 123.6619
Event Date:	18 Feb 2016 17:49 UTC 19 Feb 2016 01:49 Local
Exposed Population:	2695676 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	18 Feb 2016 18:51 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
1119877		0.1	18 Feb 2016 17:49	4.6M, 10km	N/A	2.7 million (in 100km)		01:01	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 Maputat, Batuan, Sauang, Masbate, Anas, Togoron, Salvacion, Mobo, Bilat, and Boro Banco.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.7 million people
75 km	1.6 million people
50 km	740000 people
20 km	110000 people
10 km	17000 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
Masbate	Bicol	Philippines	Village	47000 people	5 km
Mobo	Bicol	Philippines	Village	3700 people	8 km
Bilat	Bicol	Philippines	Village	-	8 km
Anas	Bicol	Philippines	Village	-	10 km
Salvacion	Bicol	Philippines	Village	-	11 km
Batuan	Bicol	Philippines	Village	2500 people	13 km
Sauang	Bicol	Philippines	Village	-	13 km
Maputat	Bicol	Philippines	Village	-	14 km
Togoron	Bicol	Philippines	Village	-	15 km
Boro Banco	Bicol	Philippines	Village	-	17 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
Masbate	MBT	15	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	5 km
Sorsogon		37	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	76 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Masbate		Philippines	6 km
Masbate	PHMBT	Philippines	23 km

More information

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