Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mindanao, Philippines from 04 Nov 2020 18:27 UTC to 18:27

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M 5.1 in Mindanao, Philippines from 04 Nov 2020 18:27 UTC to 18:27

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:	5.1M
Depth:	57.69 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.9825 , 126.073
Event Date:	04 Nov 2020 18:27 UTC 05 Nov 2020 02:27 Local
Exposed Population:	870000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000caeb
Inserted at:	04 Nov 2020 18:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000caeb	Scaled population (vector)	6.11
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-0.18
	INFORM_normalised	0.89

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1341712		0	04 Nov 2020 18:27	5.1M, 57.69km	N/A	880 thousand (in 100km)		00:30	NEIC
1341715		0	04 Nov 2020 18:27	5M, 80km	N/A	890 thousand (in 100km)		00:53	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 Northern Mindanao (population 3,510,000) . The nearest places are Beilon, Burgos, Sapao, San Isidro, San Benito, Alegria, Kangcohoy, Caridad, Pilar, Numancia, and Timamana.

Radius	Population
100 km	880000 people
75 km	600000 people
50 km	220000 people
20 km	79000 people
10 km	26000 people
5 km	10000 people
2 km	2700 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Mindanao	Philippines	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Beilon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	2 km
Burgos	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	4 km
Sapao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	5 km
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	5 km
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	7 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	8 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	9 km
Caridad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	11 km
Pilar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	13 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Libertad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	19 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	22 km
General Luna	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	23 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	25 km
Pamosaingan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	40 km
Socorro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9600 people	41 km
Layagoang		Philippines	Village	-	44 km
Cadgianao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	45 km
Matas	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	47 km
Talavera	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Valencia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Taganito	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Urbistondo	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	57 km
Malinao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
Claver	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	5900 people	59 km
Buenavista		Philippines	Village	-	59 km
Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	3000 people	59 km
San Jose	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
Melgar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	61 km
Tagana-an	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	4300 people	62 km
Kinabutan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Placer	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	10000 people	63 km
Lipata	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Puerto Princesa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Adlay	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2500 people	66 km
Taog	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	67 km
Loreto	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	5400 people	68 km
Nuevo Camp	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Surigao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	87000 people	68 km
Carrascal	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	4400 people	69 km
Rizal	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
Sison	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3100 people	69 km
Timamana	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	69 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
Siargao		3				0	16 km
Nonoc		4				0	56 km
Surigao	SUG	6	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	70 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Numancia		Philippines	17 km
Dapa		Philippines	25 km
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	68 km

More information

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