Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 17 Oct 2016 21:45 UTC

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M 5 in Philippines on 17 Oct 2016 21:45 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:	5.0M
Depth:	64.99 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.9801 , 126.1558
Event Date:	17 Oct 2016 21:45 UTC 18 Oct 2016 05:45 Local
Exposed Population:	843244 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20007ey2
Inserted at:	17 Oct 2016 22:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20007ey2	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
1143237		0	17 Oct 2016 21:45	5M, 64.99km	N/A	840 thousand (in 100km)		00:24	NEIC

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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 San Isidro, Burgos, Caridad, Beilon, Alegria, Sapao, Pilar, Kangcohoy, San Benito, Libertad, and Tagana-an.

Radius	Population
100 km	840000 people
75 km	440000 people
50 km	160000 people
20 km	61000 people
10 km	4800 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no 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
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	9 km
Burgos	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	9 km
Caridad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	11 km
Beilon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	11 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	13 km
Sapao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	13 km
Pilar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	14 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	15 km
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	16 km
Libertad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	17 km
General Luna	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	21 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	23 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	26 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	27 km
Pamosaingan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	44 km
Socorro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9600 people	44 km
Layagoang		Philippines	Village	-	53 km
Cadgianao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	54 km
Talavera	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Matas	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Valencia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
Taganito	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	61 km
Urbistondo	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Claver	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	5900 people	65 km
Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	3000 people	66 km
Malinao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Buenavista		Philippines	Village	-	68 km
San Jose	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Adlay	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2500 people	69 km
Tagana-an	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4300 people	70 km

see full list

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
Siargao		3				0	24 km
Nonoc		4				0	64 km
Surigao	SUG	6	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	78 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Numancia		Philippines	24 km
Dapa		Philippines	27 km
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	77 km
Tandag		Philippines	99 km

More information

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