Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 21 Jun 2018 03:25 UTC

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M 4.8 in Philippines on 21 Jun 2018 03:25 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:	119.52 Km
Lat/Lon:	8.2983 , 126.5258
Event Date:	21 Jun 2018 03:25 UTC 21 Jun 2018 11:25 Local
Exposed Population:	1580000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000ex2v
Inserted at:	21 Jun 2018 03:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us1000ex2v	Scaled population (vector)	5.98
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-0.18
	INFORM_normalised	0.89

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1215389		0	21 Jun 2018 03:25	4.8M, 119.52km	N/A	1.6 million (in 100km)		00:10	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 Southern Mindanao (population 4,457,000) . The nearest places are Lawigan, Otiela, Barcelona, Mangagoy, San Juan, Hinatuan, Bislig, Carpenito, Tinago, Lingig, and San Gabriel.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.6 million people
75 km	760000 people
50 km	290000 people
20 km	7100 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	4.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lawigan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	15 km
Otiela	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Barcelona	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3500 people	18 km
Mangagoy	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	22 km
San Juan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	23 km
Hinatuan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9900 people	24 km
Bislig	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	66000 people	24 km
Carpenito	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Tinago	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	28 km
Lingig	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	6300 people	31 km
Pamaypayan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Batunan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Unidad	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3300 people	41 km
Pagtilaan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	43 km
Salvacion	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	6000 people	46 km
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	49 km
Boston	Davao Oriental	Philippines	Village	2900 people	50 km
Amaga	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2200 people	55 km
Cateel	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	6500 people	56 km
Anoling	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Cuevas	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2200 people	56 km
Salvacion	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2100 people	57 km
Libertad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5800 people	58 km
San Rafael	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2100 people	59 km
Bunawan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	15000 people	60 km
Antipolo	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
Oteiza	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
Lianga	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	14000 people	60 km
Santo Niño	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	61 km
Marihatag	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3800 people	61 km
San Antonio	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Bayogan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Santa Josefa	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4100 people	64 km
Kamo	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Santa Ana	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Kinablañgan	Davao Oriental	Philippines	Village	5400 people	67 km
Novela	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Jagamitan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Hulip	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
San Gabriel	Northern Mindanao	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
Bislig	BPH	3	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	25 km
Baganga	BNQ	unknown				0	79 km
Tandag	TDG	5	Civ.	Paved	No	4400	94 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Hinatuan		Philippines	22 km
Bislig / Mindanao	PHBPH	Philippines	24 km
Lamon Anchorage		Philippines	24 km
Aras Asan		Philippines	69 km
Tandag		Philippines	94 km

More information

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