M 4.5 in Philippines on 30 Jul 2020 05:17 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: 4.5M
Depth: 63.88 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.4405 , 122.5253
Event Date: 30 Jul 2020 05:17 UTC
30 Jul 2020 13:17 Local
Exposed Population:
1540000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000b6k1
Inserted at: 30 Jul 2020 05:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b6k1 Scaled population (vector) 5.79  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.18  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1324015 0 30 Jul 2020 05:17 4.5M, 63.88km N/A 1.5 million (in 100km) 00:28 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 Western Mindanao (population 3,159,000) . The nearest places are Liloy, Dukanunday, Labason, La Libertad, Kayok, Mongamol, Salug, Balas, Lipakan, Pananuran, and Linay.

Radius Population
100 km 1.5 million people
75 km 600000 people
50 km 150000 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
Central Visayas Philippines 4.6 million people
Western Visayas Philippines 5.4 million people
Northern Mindanao Philippines 3.5 million people
Central Mindanao Philippines 3.2 million people
Southern Mindanao Philippines 4.5 million people
Eastern Visayas Philippines 3.1 million people
Southern Tagalog Philippines 8.3 million people
Bicol Philippines 3.9 million people
Sabah Malaysia 1.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Liloy Zamboanga del Norte Philippines Village 4700 people 39 km
Dukanunday Zamboanga del Norte Philippines Village - 39 km
Labason Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 41 km
La Libertad Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 43 km
Kayok Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 43 km
Mongamol Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 46 km
Salug Western Mindanao Philippines Village 6700 people 47 km
Balas Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 48 km
Lipakan Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 48 km
Pananuran Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 50 km
Palandoc Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 50 km
Motibot Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 53 km
Binuni Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 54 km
Tamilison Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 54 km
Bacangan Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 55 km
Kanapun Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 56 km
Tabon Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 56 km
Sindañgan Western Mindanao Philippines Village 5700 people 58 km
Disakan Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 59 km
Lingawan Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 61 km
Manukan Western Mindanao Philippines Village 11000 people 63 km
Malopoy Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 64 km
Titay Western Mindanao Philippines Village 11000 people 65 km
Mocubol Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 65 km
Nato Western Mindanao Philippines Village - 65 km
Linay Western Mindanao Philippines Village 2700 people 67 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
Ipil IPE unknown 0 73 km
Dipolog DPL 4 Civ. Paved No 6100 92 km
Siocon XSO unknown 0 93 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Santa Clara Philippines 75 km
Puerto Santa Maria Philippines 88 km
Dipolog Philippines 91 km
Pulauan Philippines 99 km

More information

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