Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 10 Apr 2020 16:44 UTC

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M 5.9 in Philippines on 10 Apr 2020 16:44 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:	5.9M
Depth:	148.74 Km
Lat/Lon:	20.4267 , 122.1198
Event Date:	10 Apr 2020 16:44 UTC 11 Apr 2020 00:44 Local
Exposed Population:	About 17000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70008tc8
Inserted at:	11 Apr 2020 16:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70008tc8	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1304917		0	10 Apr 2020 16:44	5.9M, 148.74km	3.94	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:03	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 ,of Cagayan Valley (population 720) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1304917	20.427/122.12	5.9	148.7	3.946	10 Apr 2020 17:06	00:21	(new episode)
2	1304917	20.427/122.12	5.9	148.7	3.944	10 Apr 2020 17:12	00:27	(upd of #1)
3	1304917	20.427/122.12	5.9	148.7	3.944	10 Apr 2020 18:49	02:04	(upd of #2)
4	1304917	20.427/122.12	5.9	148.7	3.944	11 Apr 2020 16:48	1d 00:03	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Basco	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	7300 people	16 km
Mahatao	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	-	18 km
Itbud	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	-	18 km
Ivana		Philippines	Village	-	22 km
Chavayan	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	-	28 km
Sabtang	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	-	28 km
Nakanmuan	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Santa Lucia	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	-	45 km
Raile	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	-	47 km
Itbayat	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
San Dionisio	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	-	105 km
Rarasi	Cagayan Valley	Philippines	Village	-	135 km

see full list

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	15 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Basco		Philippines	16 km

More information

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