M 4.9 in Philippine Islands Region on 20 May 2019 06:20 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: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.1179 , 120.3863
Event Date: 20 May 2019 06:20 UTC
20 May 2019 14:20 Local
Exposed Population:
180000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70003nf7
Inserted at: 20 May 2019 12:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70003nf7 Scaled population (vector) 4.45  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.18  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1260989 0 20 May 2019 06:20 4.9M, 10km N/A 180 thousand (in 100km) 06:35 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 Ilocos (population 3,551,000) . The nearest places are and Buraan.

Radius Population
100 km 180000 people
75 km 25000 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
Ilocos Philippines 3.6 million people
Cagayan Valley Philippines 2.3 million people
Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines 1.1 million people
Taiwan China 22.5 million people
Central Luzon Philippines 6.2 million people
Southern Tagalog Philippines 8.3 million people
National Capital Region Philippines 7.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Buraan Ilocos 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
Taggat 5 0 91 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Dirique Inlet Philippines 76 km
Claveria Philippines 92 km

More information

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