Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 10 Apr 2017 00:43 UTC

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M 5.6 in Philippines on 10 Apr 2017 00:43 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:	5.6M
Depth:	8.23 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.0239 , 125.3618
Event Date:	10 Apr 2017 00:43 UTC 10 Apr 2017 08:43 Local
Exposed Population:	500000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008g4x
Inserted at:	10 Apr 2017 01:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.8		0.8
us10008g4x	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	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
1163460		0.8	10 Apr 2017 00:43	5.6M, 8.23km	4.19	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:22	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 Eastern Visayas (population 473,027) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1163460	13.024/125.362	5.6	8.23	4.17	10 Apr 2017 01:08	00:24	(new episode)
2	1163460	13.024/125.362	5.6	8.23	4.17	10 Apr 2017 02:47	02:03	(upd of #1)
3	1163460	13.01/125.375	5.6	10	4.19	11 Apr 2017 03:32	1d 02:48	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	470000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Palapag	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	8200 people	59 km
Laoang		Philippines	Village	17000 people	61 km
Mapanas	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	3500 people	62 km
Sila Pt	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
Pambujan	Northern Samar	Philippines	Village	11000 people	69 km
Gamay	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	9100 people	70 km
Simora	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	71 km
Cagamotan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	74 km
Catubig	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	4700 people	76 km
Lapinig	Northern Samar	Philippines	Village	3600 people	78 km
Bantayan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	4000 people	79 km
Jeuaran	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	82 km
Las Navas	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	3400 people	83 km
Arteche	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	5000 people	84 km
Jipapad	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	3800 people	84 km
Mondragon	Northern Samar	Philippines	Village	5100 people	86 km
Alugan	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	2100 people	89 km
Hangi	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	89 km
Maquinalo	Northern Samar	Philippines	Village	-	91 km
Capayan	Northern Samar	Philippines	Village	-	95 km
Oras	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	8900 people	97 km
Catarman	Eastern Visayas	Philippines	Village	47000 people	97 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
	Catarman	CRM	2	Civ.	Paved	No	4400	97 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Laoang		Philippines	63 km

More information

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