Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 10 Jan 2017 06:13 UTC

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M 7.3 in Philippines on 10 Jan 2017 06:13 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:	7.3M
Depth:	612.71 Km
Lat/Lon:	4.4634 , 122.575
Event Date:	10 Jan 2017 06:13 UTC 10 Jan 2017 14:13 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007s9c
Inserted at:	10 Jan 2017 07:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us10007s9c	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	1	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1153497	10 Jan 2017 06:13	7M, 632km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:06	GEOFON
1153498	10 Jan 2017 06:13	6.9M, 622km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:07	NTWC
1153501	10 Jan 2017 06:13	6.9M, 629.52km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:19	NEIC
1153503	10 Jan 2017 06:13	7.3M, 612.71km	3.03	No people affected (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:46	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 Southern Mindanao (population 603,178) . 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	1153503	4.478/122.617	7.3	627.17	3.33	02 May 2018 14:43	477d 08:29	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Central Mindanao	Philippines	27000 people
	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	670000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Supu	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	293 km
Lumit	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	295 km
Oalao	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	302 km
Solome	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	310 km
Daguma	Central Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3700 people	327 km
Upi	Central Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9300 people	327 km
Batulaki	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	329 km
Timbangan	Central Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	330 km
Margus-Pequeño	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	333 km
Kamalian	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	338 km
Buayan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	15000 people	341 km
Bula	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	343 km
Lagao III	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	344 km
Labu	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	351 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
	Buayan	GES	9	Civ.	Paved	No	5500	346 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Dadiangas	PHDAD	Philippines	338 km

More information

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