M 5.2 in Philippines on 26 Jul 2016 14:29 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: 5.2M
Depth: 10.32 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.7309 , 125.5224
Event Date: 26 Jul 2016 14:29 UTC
26 Jul 2016 22:29 Local
Exposed Population:
2052196 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20006hs4
Inserted at: 26 Jul 2016 14:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006hs4 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
1134935 0 26 Jul 2016 14:29 5.2M, 10.32km N/A 2.1 million (in 100km) 00:27 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 Northern Mindanao (population 3,510,000) . The nearest places are Taog, Surigao, Tagana-an, Sison, Placer, Balite, Buenavista, Timamana, Malimono, and Kinabutan.

Radius Population
100 km 2.1 million people
75 km 1.1 million people
50 km 550000 people
20 km 220000 people
10 km 140000 people
5 km 37000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Northern Mindanao Philippines 3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Taog Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 4 km
Surigao Northern Mindanao Philippines Village 87000 people 7 km
Tagana-an Northern Mindanao Philippines Village 4300 people 7 km
Sison Northern Mindanao Philippines Village 3100 people 8 km
Placer Northern Mindanao Philippines Village 10000 people 12 km
Balite Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 13 km
Buenavista Philippines Village - 15 km
Timamana Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 15 km
Malimono Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 17 km
Kinabutan Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 18 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
Surigao SUG 6 Civ. Paved No 5000 5 km
Nonoc 4 0 12 km
Siargao 3 0 51 km
Butuan BXU 43 Civ. Paved No 6000 86 km
Maasin 100 0 95 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Surigao PHSUG Philippines 9 km
Numancia Philippines 51 km
Dapa Philippines 59 km
Liloan Philippines 65 km
Malitbog Philippines 74 km
Nasipit PHNAS Philippines 84 km
Nasipit PHNAS Philippines 86 km
Butuan Philippines 87 km
Maasin Philippines 87 km
Sogod Philippines 93 km
Lagome Philippines 99 km

More information

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