Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 26 Jun 2017 07:41 UTC

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M 5.1 in Philippines on 26 Jun 2017 07:41 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:	5.1M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.3541 , 126.0766
Event Date:	26 Jun 2017 07:41 UTC 26 Jun 2017 15:41 Local
Exposed Population:	640000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20009ppq
Inserted at:	26 Jun 2017 08:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.4		0.4
us20009ppq	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
1171966		0.4	26 Jun 2017 07:41	5.1M, 10km	N/A	650 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 Alegria, Sapao, Burgos, Beilon, San Benito, San Isidro, Kangcohoy, Cagosoan Pt, Rizal, Caridad, and Puerto Princesa.

Radius	Population
100 km	650000 people
75 km	240000 people
50 km	34000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Mindanao	Philippines	3.5 million people
Eastern Visayas	Philippines	3.1 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
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Sapao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	37 km
Burgos	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	38 km
Beilon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	41 km
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	45 km
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Cagosoan Pt	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Rizal	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Caridad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Malinao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Valencia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Layagoang		Philippines	Village	-	54 km
Pilar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	54 km
Loreto	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5400 people	54 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Homonhon	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
Libertad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	59 km
San Jose	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	59 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
General Luna	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Inaculangan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Cadgianao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Matas	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	66 km
Lipata	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Melgar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Puerto Princesa	Northern Mindanao	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
Siargao		3				0	54 km
Nonoc		4				0	80 km
Guiuan		2	Civ.	Paved	No	7000	84 km
Surigao	SUG	6	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Numancia		Philippines	55 km
Dapa		Philippines	66 km
Guiuan		Philippines	85 km
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	90 km

More information

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