Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Philippines on 13 Apr 2016 18:21 UTC

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M 5.9 in Philippines on 13 Apr 2016 18:21 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

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:	5.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	7.8468 , 121.9216
Event Date:	13 Apr 2016 18:21 UTC 14 Apr 2016 02:21 Local
Exposed Population:	1080000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	13 Apr 2016 18:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	1.2		1.2
	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.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1125126		1.2	13 Apr 2016 18:21	5.9M, 10km	5.65	1.1 million (in 100km)		00:23	NEIC

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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 , Region of Western Mindanao (population 3,159,000) . The nearest places are Datutumansan, Mamad, Baligian, Panganuran, Siocon, Mocubol, Pananuran, Kanapun, Puerto Santa Maria, Lataban, and Siay.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.1 million people
75 km	630000 people
50 km	73000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western Mindanao	Philippines	3.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Baligian	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	25 km
Puerto Santa Maria	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	25 km
Mamad	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Siocon	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5000 people	28 km
Siay	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	30 km
Lataban		Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Mocubol	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	36 km
Kauit Kauit	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	43 km
Kanapun	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Pananuran	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Datutumansan	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	52 km
Panganuran	Western Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	52 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
Siocon	XSO	unknown					28 km
Ipil	IPE	unknown					73 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Santa Maria		Philippines	23 km
Sibuco		Philippines	62 km

More information

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