Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mindanao, Philippines on 04 Nov 2020 18:27 UTC

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M 5 in Mindanao, Philippines on 04 Nov 2020 18:27 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:	80 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.9776 , 126.0225
Event Date:	04 Nov 2020 18:27 UTC 05 Nov 2020 02:27 Local
Exposed Population:	890000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000caeb
Inserted at:	04 Nov 2020 19:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000caeb	Scaled population (vector)	6.14
	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
1341712		0	04 Nov 2020 18:27	5.1M, 57.69km	N/A	880 thousand (in 100km)		00:30	NEIC
1341715		0	04 Nov 2020 18:27	5M, 80km	N/A	890 thousand (in 100km)		00:53	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 San Benito, Beilon, Sapao, Burgos, Kangcohoy, San Isidro, Alegria, Numancia, Caridad, Pilar, and Marga.

Radius	Population
100 km	890000 people
75 km	640000 people
50 km	260000 people
20 km	78000 people
10 km	28000 people
5 km	7500 people
2 km	<1000 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
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	3 km
Beilon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	4 km
Sapao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	5 km
Burgos	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	7 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	8 km
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	9 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	9 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	13 km
Caridad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	13 km
Pilar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	15 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	20 km
Libertad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	21 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	24 km
General Luna	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	26 km
Pamosaingan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	38 km
Layagoang		Philippines	Village	-	38 km
Cadgianao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	39 km
Socorro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9600 people	39 km
Matas	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	42 km
Talavera	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	43 km
Valencia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	45 km
Taganito	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	53 km
Buenavista		Philippines	Village	-	53 km
Urbistondo	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	53 km
Malinao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	54 km
Claver	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	5900 people	55 km
San Jose	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	3000 people	55 km
Melgar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Tagana-an	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4300 people	57 km
Placer	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	10000 people	59 km
Kinabutan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	59 km
Lipata	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
Puerto Princesa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
Taog	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
Surigao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	87000 people	63 km
Adlay	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2500 people	64 km
Loreto	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5400 people	64 km
Sison	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3100 people	64 km
Timamana	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Nuevo Camp	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Rizal	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Carrascal	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	4400 people	68 km
Marga	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	68 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
Siargao		3				0	13 km
Nonoc		4				0	50 km
Surigao	SUG	6	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	64 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Numancia		Philippines	13 km
Dapa		Philippines	25 km
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	63 km

More information

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