Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Philippines from 23 Apr 2019 05:37 UTC to 05:37

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M 6.5 in Philippines from 23 Apr 2019 05:37 UTC to 05:37

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:	6.5M
Glide number:	EQ-2019-000036-PHL
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	11.8 , 125.32
Event Date:	23 Apr 2019 05:37 UTC 23 Apr 2019 13:37 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	GEOFON gfz2019hxbm
Inserted at:	23 Apr 2019 05:44 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
GEOFON	n.a		0		0
gfz2019hxbm	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1257626	0	23 Apr 2019 05:37	6.5M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:06	GEOFON
1257628	0.9	23 Apr 2019 05:37	6.6M, 86.3km	N/A	2.7 million (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:09	PTWC
1257631	0.9	23 Apr 2019 05:37	6.6M, 86km	N/A	2.6 million (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:12	NTWC
1257635	0.3	23 Apr 2019 05:37	6.3M, 70.17km	5.71	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:20	NEIC
1257643	1.1	23 Apr 2019 05:37	6.4M, 54km	6.53	1 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	1d 00:02	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

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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