M 6 in Philippines on 26 Jul 2019 23:37 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: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 20.8071 , 121.9858
Event Date: 26 Jul 2019 23:37 UTC
27 Jul 2019 07:37 Local
Exposed Population: About 2000 people in MMI
About 17000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60004w8x
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2019 23:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60004w8x Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1267031 0 26 Jul 2019 23:37 5.9M, 10km 6.12 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:03 NEIC
1267172 0 26 Jul 2019 23:37 6M, 10km 6.16 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:04 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
2500 people
5000 people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1267031 20.811/121.981 5.9 10.0 6.121 26 Jul 2019 23:58 00:20 (new episode)
2 0 1267031 20.811/121.981 5.9 10.0 6.121 27 Jul 2019 00:09 00:31 (upd of #1)
3 0 1267031 20.811/121.981 5.9 10.0 6.121 27 Jul 2019 01:41 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1267172 20.811/121.981 5.9 10.0 6.121 27 Jul 2019 22:09 22:31 (new episode)
5 0 1267172 20.807/121.986 6.0 10.0 6.16 27 Jul 2019 22:11 22:33 (upd of #4)
6 0 1267172 20.807/121.986 6.0 10.0 6.16 27 Jul 2019 23:42 1d 00:04 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces


Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Santa Lucia Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 16 km
Itbayat Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 16 km
Raile Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 21 km
Basco Cagayan Valley Philippines Village 7300 people 39 km
Mahatao Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 44 km
Itbud Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 49 km
Ivana Philippines Village - 49 km
Sabtang Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 54 km
Nakanmuan Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 56 km
Chavayan Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 56 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Basco BSO 56 Civ. Paved No 4100 39 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Basco Philippines 40 km

More information

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