M 4.6 in Philippines on 06 Dec 2016 15:40 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: 4.6M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.6756 , 126.3975
Event Date: 06 Dec 2016 15:40 UTC
06 Dec 2016 23:40 Local
Exposed Population:
182043 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10007f70
Inserted at: 06 Dec 2016 16:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007f70 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
1149408 0 06 Dec 2016 15:40 4.6M, 35km N/A 180 thousand (in 100km) 00:59 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 Eastern Visayas (population 3,055,000) . The nearest places are and Cagosoan Pt.

Radius Population
100 km 180000 people
75 km 17000 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Eastern Visayas Philippines 3.1 million people
Northern Mindanao Philippines 3.5 million people
Southern Mindanao Philippines 4.5 million people
Central Visayas Philippines 4.6 million people
Bicol Philippines 3.9 million people
Western Visayas Philippines 5.4 million people
Central Mindanao Philippines 3.2 million people
Western Mindanao Philippines 3.2 million people
Southern Tagalog Philippines 8.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Cagosoan Pt Eastern Visayas Philippines Village - 64 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
Guiuan 2 Civ. Paved No 7000 82 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Guiuan Philippines 84 km

More information

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