Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 10 Apr 2017 00:43 UTC

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M 5.6 in Philippines on 10 Apr 2017 00:43 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:	5.6M
Depth:	8.23 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.0239 , 125.3618
Event Date:	10 Apr 2017 00:43 UTC 10 Apr 2017 08:43 Local
Exposed Population:	500000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008g4x
Inserted at:	10 Apr 2017 01:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.8		0.8
us10008g4x	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
1163460		0.8	10 Apr 2017 00:43	5.6M, 8.23km	4.19	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:22	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 Cabadiangan, Palapag, Laoang, Mapanas, Sila Pt, and Pambujan.

Radius	Population
100 km	510000 people
75 km	170000 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
Eastern Visayas	Philippines	3.1 million people
Bicol	Philippines	3.9 million people
Central Visayas	Philippines	4.6 million people
Northern Mindanao	Philippines	3.5 million people
Western Visayas	Philippines	5.4 million people
Southern Tagalog	Philippines	8.3 million people
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	4.5 million people
Central Luzon	Philippines	6.2 million people
National Capital Region	Philippines	7.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Cabadiangan		Philippines	Village	3000 people	52 km
Palapag	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	8200 people	59 km
Laoang		Philippines	Village	17000 people	61 km
Mapanas	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	3500 people	62 km
Sila Pt	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
Pambujan	Northern Samar	Philippines	Village	11000 people	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
Catarman	CRM	2	Civ.	Paved	No	4400	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Laoang		Philippines	63 km

More information

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