Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Philippines on 10 Feb 2017 14:03 UTC

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M 6.5 in Philippines on 10 Feb 2017 14:03 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.5M
Depth:	15 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.9108 , 125.4605
Event Date:	10 Feb 2017 14:03 UTC 10 Feb 2017 22:03 Local
Exposed Population:	About 45000 people in MMI 1760000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008ixa
Inserted at:	10 Feb 2017 14:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.9		0.1		1.9
us20008ixa	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	1	Max wave realtime	0.11m
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1156982	2.1	10 Feb 2017 14:03	6.7M, 10km	N/A	1.9 million (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:01)	00:11	NTWC
1156988	1.9	10 Feb 2017 14:03	6.5M, 27.9km	N/A	1.8 million (in 100km)	0.1m (at 01:20)	00:20	NEIC
1156993	1.9	10 Feb 2017 14:03	6.5M, 15km	6.27	120 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:15)	00:47	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 Buenavista, Surigao, Balite, Melgar, San Ricardo, Matas, Esperanza, Pintuyan, Puerto Princesa, Cadgianao, and Banday.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.8 million people
75 km	1.1 million people
50 km	530000 people
20 km	130000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 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
Buenavista		Philippines	Village	-	11 km
Surigao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	87000 people	14 km
Balite	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	17 km
Melgar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	19 km
San Ricardo	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	19 km
Matas	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	20 km
Esperanza	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	22 km
Pintuyan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	22 km
Puerto Princesa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	23 km
Cadgianao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	23 km
Taog	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	25 km
Lipata	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	25 km
Tagana-an	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4300 people	27 km
Sison	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3100 people	29 km
Layagoang		Philippines	Village	-	30 km
Talavera	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
San Jose	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
Malimono	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
Placer	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	10000 people	32 km
Bahay	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	33 km
Valencia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Timamana	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	36 km
San Francisco	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	2600 people	37 km
Masgad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Kinabutan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	39 km
Estela	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	39 km
Payanasa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	40 km
Mainit	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5500 people	41 km
Triana		Philippines	Village	-	42 km
Malinao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	42 km
Marga	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	43 km
Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	3000 people	43 km
Agay-ay	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Claver	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	5900 people	47 km
Himayangan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5900 people	50 km
Padre Burgos	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Loreto	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5400 people	51 km
Kitcharao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	7200 people	52 km
Urbistondo	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	53 km
Candatag	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	54 km
Hinudayan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	54 km
San Roque	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2100 people	55 km
Saint Bernard	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Taganito	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	57 km
Nuevo Camp	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
Pamosaingan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
Rizal	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	59 km
Macrohon	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	2800 people	59 km
Magdago-oc	Agusan del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
Sunoc	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
Hinunangan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	61 km
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	61 km
Libagon	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Guinsaugon	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Juangon	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Socorro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9600 people	64 km
San Isidro	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Sapao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	65 km
Beilon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Bañgonay	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2600 people	67 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	68 km
Tigbawan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Burgos	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
Banday	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	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	17 km
Nonoc		4				0	19 km
Siargao		3				0	56 km
Maasin		100				0	80 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	12 km
Liloan		Philippines	46 km
Numancia		Philippines	56 km
Malitbog		Philippines	57 km
Dapa		Philippines	68 km
Maasin		Philippines	72 km
Sogod		Philippines	74 km
Lagome		Philippines	78 km

More information

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