Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 21 Sep 2012 05:01 UTC

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M 4.8 in Philippines on 21 Sep 2012 05:01 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.8M
Depth:	35.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.9388 , 126.099
Event Date:	21 Sep 2012 05:01 UTC 21 Sep 2012 13:01 Local
Exposed Population:	740000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc000ct3g
Inserted at:	21 Sep 2012 12:08 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000ct3g	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
119757		0.5	21 Sep 2012 05:01	4.6M, 36.1km	N/A	1 million (in 100km)		00:30	NEIC
119768		0.5	21 Sep 2012 05:01	4.8M, 35.3km	N/A	740 thousand (in 100km)		07:06	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 Valencia, Layagoang, Malinao, San Jose, Loreto, Rizal, Alegria, Sapao, Matas, Lipata, and Hinunangan.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.2 million people
75 km	640000 people
50 km	170000 people
20 km	1300 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

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Valencia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	17 km
Layagoang		Philippines	Village	-	21 km
Malinao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	21 km
San Jose	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Loreto	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5400 people	30 km
Rizal	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	33 km
Sapao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	33 km
Matas	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Lipata	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Melgar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Cadgianao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	35 km
Puerto Princesa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	36 km
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	36 km
Burgos	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Beilon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	42 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	42 km
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	43 km
Buenavista		Philippines	Village	-	47 km
Caridad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Pilar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	49 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Talavera	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	52 km
Libertad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	57 km
Cagosoan Pt	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	57 km
Surigao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	87000 people	59 km
Homonhon	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
General Luna	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
Tagana-an	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4300 people	61 km
Hinudayan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Pamosaingan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Esperanza	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Taog	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Inaculangan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Agay-ay	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Bahay	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
San Ricardo	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Placer	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	10000 people	65 km
Balite	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Pintuyan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Socorro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9600 people	67 km
Sison	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3100 people	68 km
Estela	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	3000 people	69 km
Kinabutan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
Hinunangan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	69 km

see full list

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	41 km
Nonoc		4				0	50 km
Surigao	SUG	6	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	61 km
Guiuan		2	Civ.	Paved	No	7000	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Numancia		Philippines	42 km
Dapa		Philippines	57 km
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	58 km
Liloan		Philippines	75 km
Lagome		Philippines	79 km
Malitbog		Philippines	88 km
Guiuan		Philippines	92 km
Sogod		Philippines	92 km

More information

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