M 6.3 in Philippines from 22 Apr 2019 09:11 UTC to 09:11

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 40.19 Km
Event Date: 22 Apr 2019 09:11 UTC
22 Apr 2019 17:11 Local
Exposed Population: 3710000 people in MMI
31530000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70003a63
Inserted at: 22 Apr 2019 09:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1 0 1
us70003a63 Scaled population (vector) 2.89 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap 0.43 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.27      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.89      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1257490 1 22 Apr 2019 09:11 6.3M, 40.19km 6.18 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:18 NEIC
1257494 1.4 22 Apr 2019 09:11 6.1M, 20km 6.82 490 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 01:06 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.

Tsunami affected locations

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)

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Initial conditions

Title: ""1km NNE of Gutad""

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: 14.94
  • Longitude: 120.493
  • Length: 22 km
  • Width: 6 km
  • Magnitude: 6.3 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: .6 m
  • Strike: 360 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 29 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 40 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 118.993, 13.44, 121.993, 16.44
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.25 minutes

Sea Level

More information

  • Timeline:
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