Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 19 Dec 2016 20:44 UTC

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M 5.5 in Philippines on 19 Dec 2016 20:44 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:	5.5M
Depth:	59.87 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.1595 , 125.8225
Event Date:	19 Dec 2016 20:44 UTC 20 Dec 2016 04:44 Local
Exposed Population:	1200000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us200082m1
Inserted at:	19 Dec 2016 21:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us200082m1	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1151270		n.a	19 Dec 2016 20:44	5.5M, 76.37km	4.05	1.2 million (in 100km)		00:18	NEIC
1151274		0	19 Dec 2016 20:44	5.5M, 59.87km	4.05	1.2 million (in 100km)		00:48	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 Northern Mindanao (population 467,989) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1151270	10.15/125.858	5.5	76.37	4.05	19 Dec 2016 21:04	00:19	(new episode)
	2	0	1151274	10.16/125.822	5.5	59.87	4.05	19 Dec 2016 21:34	00:50	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	470000 people
	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Valencia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	18 km
Malinao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	25 km
San Jose	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	28 km
Sapao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	29 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	29 km
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	31 km
Matas	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Cadgianao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	31 km
Beilon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
Burgos	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
Melgar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Loreto	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5400 people	34 km
Lipata	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	35 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	36 km
Rizal	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	36 km
Puerto Princesa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	36 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	38 km
Caridad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	43 km
Pilar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	44 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Libertad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	51 km
General Luna	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Surigao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	87000 people	56 km
Tagana-an	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4300 people	57 km
Pamosaingan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	57 km
Taog	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	61 km
Placer	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	10000 people	61 km
Socorro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9600 people	61 km
Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	3000 people	64 km
Sison	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3100 people	64 km
Kinabutan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Claver	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	5900 people	65 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	35 km
Nonoc		4				0	46 km
Surigao	SUG	6	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	58 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Numancia		Philippines	36 km
Dapa		Philippines	52 km
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	55 km

More information

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