Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 02 Oct 2016 13:40 UTC

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M 5.7 in Philippines on 02 Oct 2016 13:40 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:	5.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.3936 , 119.7562
Event Date:	02 Oct 2016 13:40 UTC 02 Oct 2016 21:40 Local
Exposed Population:	About 41000 people in MMI 3740000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006ui7
Inserted at:	02 Oct 2016 15:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006ui7	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
1141842		0	02 Oct 2016 13:40	5.7M, 23.48km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:23	NEIC
1141843		0	02 Oct 2016 13:40	5.7M, 10km	4.59	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		01:29	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 Ilocos (population 3,551,000) . The nearest places are Tupa, Bolinao, Olanen, Lucero, Zaragoza, Pilar, Anda, Dolaoan, Bani, Pamaoran, and Bugallon.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.7 million people
75 km	1.3 million people
50 km	460000 people
20 km	62000 people
10 km	1800 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Ilocos	Philippines	3.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tupa	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	12 km
Bolinao	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	18000 people	15 km
Olanen	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Lucero		Philippines	Village	3000 people	17 km
Zaragoza	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	7300 people	21 km
Pilar		Philippines	Village	-	21 km
Anda	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	3100 people	24 km
Dolaoan	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	24 km
Bani	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	12000 people	26 km
Pamaoran	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Tondol	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	2700 people	28 km
Rena Pt	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	28 km
Agno	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	2600 people	31 km
Santiago	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Bangan-Oda	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	3400 people	32 km
Lucap	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	4900 people	34 km
Tupa	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Alaminos	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	10000 people	35 km
Tambacan	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	38 km
Bacnit	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	41 km
Baruan	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	43 km
Nabaul	Pangasinan	Philippines	Village	-	44 km
Pedro Martir	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	44 km
Pogonacolac	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	45 km
Betogoc	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	45 km
Panasgasan	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Dasol	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	3900 people	47 km
Ul	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Amalbalan	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	49 km
Mangas	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	49 km
Bario	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Tambobong	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Capantolan	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Egnia	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Lingayen	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	56000 people	57 km
Batongbaga	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
Labangan	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
Bauang	La Union	Philippines	Village	17000 people	61 km
Damaloguen	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Baccuit	La Union	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Aringay	La Union	Philippines	Village	30000 people	63 km
Caba	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	4700 people	63 km
Babuyan	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
San Cornelio	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Maniboc	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Palintocang	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Infanta	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	3100 people	65 km
San Fernando	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	82000 people	65 km
Agoo	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Baloboc	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Santiago	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	67 km
Candanglaan	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	67 km
Binmale	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Bugallon	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	12000 people	69 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
San Fernando	SFE	4	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	62 km
Lingayen		2				0	65 km
Loakan	BAG	1292	Civ.	Paved	No	5500	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bolinao		Philippines	15 km
Lingayen	PHLIN	Philippines	57 km
Poro / San Fernando	PHPRO	Philippines	61 km
San Fernando	PHSFE	Philippines	63 km
Baluante		Philippines	71 km
Dagupan City		Philippines	71 km
Masinloc	PHMSC	Philippines	98 km

More information

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