M 4.8 in Philippines on 19 Jan 2017 19:59 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: 4.8M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 19.9029 , 121.2675
Event Date: 19 Jan 2017 19:59 UTC
20 Jan 2017 03:59 Local
Exposed Population:
About 13000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10007u69
Inserted at: 20 Jan 2017 00:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007u69 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1154574 0 19 Jan 2017 19:59 4.8M, 10km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:30 NEIC
1154600 0 19 Jan 2017 19:59 4.8M, 10km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 04:24 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 Cagayan Valley (population 2,341,000) . The nearest places are Banua, and Rarasi.

Radius Population
100 km 14000 people
75 km 1800 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Cagayan Valley Philippines 2.3 million people
Ilocos Philippines 3.6 million people
Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines 1.1 million people
Taiwan China 22.5 million people
Southern Tagalog Philippines 8.3 million people
Central Luzon Philippines 6.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Banua Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 66 km
Rarasi Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 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
Basco BSO 56 Civ. Paved No 4100 94 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Calayan Philippines 80 km
Basco Philippines 93 km

More information

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