Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 04 Sep 2016 14:07 UTC

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M 4.6 in Philippines on 04 Sep 2016 14:07 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:	4.6M
Depth:	68.89 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.1277 , 126.4176
Event Date:	04 Sep 2016 14:07 UTC 04 Sep 2016 22:07 Local
Exposed Population:	1481312 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006kc3
Inserted at:	04 Sep 2016 15:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006kc3	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
1138962		0	04 Sep 2016 14:07	4.6M, 68.89km	N/A	1.5 million (in 100km)		00:56	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 , Region of Southern Mindanao (population 4,457,000) . The nearest places are La Paz, Tago, Tandag, Somosomo, Cagwait, Tigao, Buenavista, Burgos, Madrelino, and Kayogyog.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.5 million people
75 km	400000 people
50 km	220000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	4.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
La Paz	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	23 km
Tago	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	6200 people	23 km
Tandag	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	29000 people	25 km
Somosomo	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	26 km
Cagwait	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Tigao	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	2100 people	28 km
Buenavista	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2600 people	29 km
Burgos	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	3500 people	30 km
Madrelino	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
Kayogyog	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	32 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
Tandag	TDG	5	Civ.	Paved	No	4400	28 km
Siargao		3				0	97 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Tandag	Philippines	24 km
Aras Asan	Philippines	29 km
Lamon Anchorage	Philippines	73 km
Dapa	Philippines	80 km
Hinatuan	Philippines	85 km
Numancia	Philippines	96 km
Butuan	Philippines	98 km

More information

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