Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 11 Feb 2017 09:11 UTC

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M 4.8 in Philippines on 11 Feb 2017 09:11 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:	52.84 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.8341 , 125.5406
Event Date:	11 Feb 2017 09:11 UTC 11 Feb 2017 17:11 Local
Exposed Population:	1970000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008j5p
Inserted at:	11 Feb 2017 09:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.2		0.2
us20008j5p	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1157068		0.2	11 Feb 2017 09:11	4.8M, 52.84km	N/A	2 million (in 100km)		00:28	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, Tagana-an, Taog, Balite, Matas, Cadgianao, Sison, Talavera, Placer, and Carrascal.

Radius	Population
100 km	2 million people
75 km	1.1 million people
50 km	540000 people
20 km	200000 people
10 km	54000 people
5 km	<1000 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
Buenavista		Philippines	Village	-	4 km
Surigao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	87000 people	8 km
Tagana-an	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4300 people	15 km
Taog	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Balite	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Matas	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	17 km
Cadgianao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	17 km
Sison	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3100 people	19 km
Talavera	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	20 km
Placer	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	10000 people	21 km
Timamana	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	26 km
Melgar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	26 km
Kinabutan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Malimono	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
San Ricardo	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	30 km
Layagoang		Philippines	Village	-	30 km
Puerto Princesa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Masgad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	3000 people	31 km
Payanasa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
Mainit	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5500 people	32 km
Marga	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
Pintuyan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	33 km
Esperanza	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Lipata	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Claver	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	5900 people	35 km
Valencia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	38 km
San Jose	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	38 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5900 people	40 km
Urbistondo	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	41 km
Kitcharao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	7200 people	42 km
Taganito	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	44 km
Bahay	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	45 km
San Roque	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2100 people	46 km
Nuevo Camp	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Pamosaingan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	47 km
Malinao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
San Francisco	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	2600 people	48 km
Estela	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Triana		Philippines	Village	-	52 km
Magdago-oc	Agusan del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	52 km
Socorro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9600 people	52 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	52 km
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	53 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Bañgonay	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2600 people	57 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	57 km
Agay-ay	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
Loreto	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5400 people	58 km
Sapao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	59 km
Beilon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	59 km
Adlay	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2500 people	61 km
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	61 km
Padre Burgos	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Pilar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	62 km
Himayangan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Burgos	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Caridad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Jagupit	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2200 people	65 km
Rizal	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Hinudayan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Candatag	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Libertad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
General Luna	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Saint Bernard	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Carrascal	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	4400 people	68 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
Nonoc		4				0	7 km
Surigao	SUG	6	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	11 km
Siargao		3				0	47 km
Maasin		100				0	92 km
Butuan	BXU	43	Civ.	Paved	No	6000	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	8 km
Numancia		Philippines	47 km
Dapa		Philippines	57 km
Liloan		Philippines	59 km
Malitbog		Philippines	69 km
Maasin		Philippines	84 km
Sogod		Philippines	86 km
Lagome		Philippines	89 km
Nasipit	PHNAS	Philippines	96 km
Nasipit	PHNAS	Philippines	98 km
Butuan		Philippines	98 km

More information

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