Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 01 Oct 2016 22:22 UTC

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M 4.6 in Philippines on 01 Oct 2016 22:22 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:	9.8138 , 125.4087
Event Date:	01 Oct 2016 22:22 UTC 02 Oct 2016 06:22 Local
Exposed Population:	2185281 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006ug3
Inserted at:	01 Oct 2016 23:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006ug3	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
1141814		0	01 Oct 2016 22:22	4.6M, 10km	N/A	2.2 million (in 100km)		00:55	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 Balite, Surigao, Taog, Buenavista, Malimono, Sison, Tagana-an, San Ricardo, Masgad, Pintuyan, and Dapa.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.2 million people
75 km	1.1 million people
50 km	510000 people
20 km	150000 people
10 km	81000 people
5 km	20000 people
2 km	7000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Mindanao	Philippines	3.5 million people
Eastern Visayas	Philippines	3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Balite	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	3 km
Surigao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	87000 people	7 km
Taog	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Buenavista		Philippines	Village	-	17 km
Malimono	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	18 km
Sison	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3100 people	19 km
Tagana-an	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4300 people	20 km
San Ricardo	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	21 km
Masgad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	24 km
Pintuyan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	25 km
Placer	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	10000 people	25 km
Esperanza	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Timamana	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Payanasa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Mainit	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5500 people	30 km
Matas	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	30 km
Talavera	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Kinabutan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Cadgianao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Marga	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
Melgar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	33 km
Puerto Princesa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	3000 people	37 km
Bahay	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	39 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5900 people	39 km
Lipata	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	39 km
Triana		Philippines	Village	-	40 km
Kitcharao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	7200 people	41 km
San Francisco	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	2600 people	41 km
Claver	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	5900 people	41 km
Layagoang		Philippines	Village	-	42 km
San Roque	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2100 people	44 km
Estela	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
San Jose	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Magdago-oc	Agusan del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	47 km
Urbistondo	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Valencia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Nuevo Camp	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Taganito	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	52 km
Padre Burgos	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	52 km
Bañgonay	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2600 people	54 km
Agay-ay	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Malinao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Himayangan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Candatag	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	57 km
Pamosaingan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	57 km
Macrohon	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	2800 people	61 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Jagupit	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2200 people	62 km
Socorro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9600 people	63 km
Saint Bernard	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Hinudayan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Loreto	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5400 people	65 km
Adlay	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2500 people	67 km
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	67 km
Juangon	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Libagon	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	70 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	8 km
Nonoc		4				0	19 km
Siargao		3				0	61 km
Maasin		100				0	82 km
Butuan	BXU	43	Civ.	Paved	No	6000	93 km
Camiguin	CGM	5	Civ.	Paved	No	4200	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	6 km
Liloan		Philippines	53 km
Numancia		Philippines	61 km
Malitbog		Philippines	62 km
Dapa		Philippines	70 km
Maasin		Philippines	74 km
Sogod		Philippines	81 km
Lagome		Philippines	89 km
Nasipit	PHNAS	Philippines	89 km
Nasipit	PHNAS	Philippines	91 km
Butuan		Philippines	94 km
Mambajao		Philippines	97 km

More information

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