M 5.4 in Philippines on 15 Aug 2016 11:32 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: 5.4M
Depth: 49.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.8833 , 122.1769
Event Date: 15 Aug 2016 11:32 UTC
15 Aug 2016 19:32 Local
Exposed Population:
5889751 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10006dwi
Inserted at: 15 Aug 2016 11:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006dwi 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
1136745 0 15 Aug 2016 11:32 5.4M, 49.4km N/A 5.9 million (in 100km) 00:21 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 Western Visayas (population 5,393,000) . The nearest places are Rizal, Aningatan, San Remigio, Gines, Cogon, Lublub, Sibalom, Patnongon, Igbaras, and Bugasong.

Radius Population
100 km 5.9 million people
75 km 3.4 million people
50 km 2.3 million people
20 km 200000 people
10 km 47000 people
5 km 11000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Western Visayas Philippines 5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Rizal Western Visayas Philippines Village - 4 km
Aningatan Western Visayas Philippines Village - 8 km
San Remigio Western Visayas Philippines Village - 11 km
Gines Western Visayas Philippines Village 2400 people 17 km
Cogon Western Visayas Philippines Village - 19 km
Lublub Western Visayas Philippines Village - 19 km
Sibalom Western Visayas Philippines Village 7200 people 19 km
Patnongon Western Visayas Philippines Village 5700 people 20 km
Igbaras Western Visayas Philippines Village - 20 km
Bugasong Western Visayas Philippines Village 2800 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
Antique 7 Civ. Paved No 3400 30 km
Iloilo ILO 7 Civ. Paved Yes 6800 45 km
Bacolod BCD 9 Civ. Paved Yes 6400 87 km
Kalib0 KLO 6 Civ. Paved No 6000 91 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
San Jose de Buenavista PHSJI Philippines 30 km
Cartagena / Iloilo PHCRT Philippines 47 km
Pulupandan PHPUL Philippines 79 km
Silay Philippines 87 km
Bacolod PHBCD Philippines 87 km
Pandan Philippines 92 km
Port Capiz Philippines 99 km

More information

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