M 5 in Philippines on 04 Oct 2012 01:55 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: 5.0M
Depth: 58.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.1307 , 120.457
Event Date: 04 Oct 2012 01:55 UTC
04 Oct 2012 09:55 Local
Exposed Population:
1730000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000d134
Inserted at: 04 Oct 2012 02:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000d134 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
120039 0.5 04 Oct 2012 01:55 5M, 58.5km N/A 1.7 million (in 100km) 00:16 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 Tagalog (population 8,266,000) . The nearest places are Manila, Mamburao, and Maslud.

Radius Population
100 km 1.8 million people
75 km 240000 people
50 km 150000 people
20 km 8500 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Southern Tagalog Philippines 8.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Mamburao Southern Tagalog Philippines Village 24000 people 19 km
Maslud Southern Tagalog Philippines Village - 19 km
Manila National Capital Region Philippines Capital no people 172 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
Mamburao MBO 4 Civ. Paved No 3900 18 km
Lubang LBX 5 Civ. Paved No 3900 89 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Mamburao Philippines 21 km
Paluan Philippines 31 km

More information

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