M 5.4 in Philippines on 06 Dec 2012 00:43 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: 5.4M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 11.0027 , 126.618
Event Date: 06 Dec 2012 00:43 UTC
06 Dec 2012 08:43 Local
Exposed Population:
About 43000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000e52g
Inserted at: 06 Dec 2012 03:01 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000e52g 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
121280 0.5 06 Dec 2012 00:43 5.4M, 27.9km N/A 50 thousand (in 100km) 00:22 NEIC
121283 0.5 06 Dec 2012 00:43 5.4M, 28.3km N/A 40 thousand (in 100km) 02:18 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 Eastern Visayas (population 3,055,000) .

Radius Population
100 km 57000 people
75 km <1000 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
Eastern Visayas Philippines 3.1 million people
Northern Mindanao Philippines 3.5 million people
Southern Mindanao Philippines 4.5 million people
Central Visayas Philippines 4.6 million people
Bicol Philippines 3.9 million people
Western Visayas Philippines 5.4 million people
Central Mindanao Philippines 3.2 million people
Western Mindanao Philippines 3.2 million people
Southern Tagalog Philippines 8.3 million people

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
Guiuan 2 Civ. Paved No 7000 94 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Guiuan Philippines 96 km

More information

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