Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 18 Jul 2019 17:40 UTC

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M 4.9 in Philippines on 18 Jul 2019 17:40 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:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.4211 , 126.0036
Event Date:	18 Jul 2019 17:40 UTC 19 Jul 2019 01:40 Local
Exposed Population:	1950000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70004nax
Inserted at:	18 Jul 2019 18:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70004nax	Scaled population (vector)	6.33
	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
1265960		0	18 Jul 2019 17:40	4.9M, 35km	N/A	2 million (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 Southern Mindanao (population 4,457,000) . The nearest places are Carrascal, Cantilan, Adlay, Sapa, Madrid, Carmen, Lanuza, Sibahay, Tuburan, Socorro, and Surigao.

Radius	Population
100 km	2 million people
75 km	1.4 million people
50 km	460000 people
20 km	90000 people
10 km	15000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	4.5 million people
Northern Mindanao	Philippines	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Carrascal	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	4400 people	8 km
Cantilan	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	9300 people	9 km
Adlay	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2500 people	12 km
Sapa	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Madrid	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3100 people	18 km
Carmen	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2800 people	21 km
Lanuza	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2000 people	22 km
Sibahay	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	22 km
Tuburan	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	-	23 km
Socorro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9600 people	23 km
Madrelino	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	-	24 km
Taganito	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	24 km
Cabangahan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	25 km
Burgos	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	3500 people	27 km
Pamosaingan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Urbistondo	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	28 km
Tigao	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	2100 people	30 km
Nuevo Camp	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	30 km
Bitaogan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Claver	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	5900 people	35 km
Buenavista	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2600 people	37 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	38 km
Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	3000 people	39 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	41 km
Bitaugan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	43 km
Kayogyog	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	44 km
Tandag	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	29000 people	44 km
General Luna	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	44 km
Kinabutan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	45 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5900 people	47 km
Libertad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	47 km
Kitcharao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	7200 people	47 km
Marga	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
San Roque	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2100 people	48 km
Talavera	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	49 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Abaga	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Bañgonay	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2600 people	50 km
Pilar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	51 km
Tago	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	6200 people	51 km
Placer	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	10000 people	51 km
Timamana	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Jagupit	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2200 people	52 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	54 km
Caridad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	54 km
Bahao	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	54 km
Mainit	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5500 people	54 km
Somosomo	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Tagana-an	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4300 people	56 km
La Paz	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	56 km
Magdago-oc	Agusan del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
Sison	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3100 people	59 km
Kinaludan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	59 km
Tubay	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	7800 people	59 km
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	59 km
Payanasa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	59 km
Taog	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
Cabadbaran	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	31000 people	61 km
Antonio Luna	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	61 km
Los Angeles	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4000 people	63 km
Beilon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Cagwait	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Masgad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Burgos	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Sapao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	66 km
Cadgianao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	67 km
Ampayon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	67 km
Magallanes	Agusan del Norte	Philippines	Village	6500 people	69 km
Malimono	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
Surigao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	87000 people	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
Tandag	TDG	5	Civ.	Paved	No	4400	43 km
Siargao		3				0	51 km
Nonoc		4				0	62 km
Surigao	SUG	6	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	68 km
Butuan	BXU	43	Civ.	Paved	No	6000	78 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Dapa		Philippines	38 km
Tandag		Philippines	43 km
Numancia		Philippines	50 km
Aras Asan		Philippines	68 km
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	71 km
Butuan		Philippines	72 km
Nasipit	PHNAS	Philippines	87 km
Nasipit	PHNAS	Philippines	88 km

More information

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