Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 15 Mar 2021 11:20 UTC

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M 4.6 in Philippines on 15 Mar 2021 11:20 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:	55.31 Km
Lat/Lon:	15.1373 , 120.0956
Event Date:	15 Mar 2021 11:20 UTC 15 Mar 2021 19:20 Local
Exposed Population:	9900000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000djgy
Inserted at:	15 Mar 2021 13:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000djgy	Scaled population (vector)	6.78
	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
1365103		0	15 Mar 2021 11:20	4.6M, 55.31km	N/A	9.9 million (in 100km)		01:58	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 Central Luzon (population 6,199,000) . The nearest places are Maloma, Cabangan, San Felipe, San Narciso, Moraza, Poonbato, Payodpod, Botolan, San Marcelino, Santa Fe, and Camiling.

Radius	Population
100 km	9.9 million people
75 km	4.9 million people
50 km	1.1 million people
20 km	170000 people
10 km	48000 people
5 km	12000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Central Luzon	Philippines	6.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Maloma	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	4400 people	4 km
Cabangan	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	3000 people	5 km
San Felipe	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	15000 people	8 km
San Narciso	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	16000 people	13 km
Moraza	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	15 km
Poonbato	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Payodpod	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Botolan	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	23000 people	18 km
San Marcelino	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	18000 people	19 km
Santa Fe	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	2200 people	19 km
San Antonio	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	21000 people	20 km
Pundaquit	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	24 km
Iba	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	27000 people	25 km
Castillejos	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	27000 people	25 km
Baganainip	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
Mampaen	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	29 km
Camp Sanchez	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	29 km
Subic	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	67000 people	32 km
Flora	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Palauig	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	2900 people	39 km
Olongapo	Central Luzon	Philippines	City	220000 people	39 km
Silanguin	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	42 km
Burgos	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	2600 people	45 km
Pasbul	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	45 km
Odonnell	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Masinloc	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	28000 people	47 km
Floridablanca	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Coto	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Oyong	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	49 km
Dinalupihan	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	67000 people	49 km
Valdez	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Lubigan	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Quitangil	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	52 km
Bamban	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	53 km
Angeles	Central Luzon	Philippines	City	290000 people	53 km
Lauis	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	53 km
Morong	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	16000 people	54 km
Pinuunan	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Bigbiga	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Hermosa	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	34000 people	56 km
Capas	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	71000 people	57 km
Orani	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	44000 people	60 km
Guagua	Central Luzon	Philippines	City	9300 people	61 km
Suban	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
San Luis	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	62 km
San Vicente	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	16000 people	63 km
Samal	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	30000 people	63 km
Cacaoitan	Ilocos	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Concepcion	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	4100 people	64 km
San Miguel	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	19000 people	64 km
Tubang	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Buensuceso	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	3700 people	64 km
Nambalan	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	2300 people	65 km
San Fernando	Central Luzon	Philippines	City	250000 people	65 km
Abucay	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	35000 people	65 km
Tarlac	Central Luzon	Philippines	City	180000 people	66 km
Lacapon	Zambales	Philippines	Village	-	66 km
Bagac	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	3900 people	68 km
San Matias	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Dumarais	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	3500 people	68 km
Cabog	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
Gatiauin	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	-	70 km
Balanga	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	73000 people	70 km
Camiling	Central Luzon	Philippines	Village	39000 people	70 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
Iba		3	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	25 km
Subic Bay International Airpt	SFS	17	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	42 km
Basa AB		46	Mil.	Paved	No	8300	46 km
Clark AB	CRK	146	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10400	50 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Iba		Philippines	25 km
Subic Bay	PHSFS	Philippines	41 km
Masinloc	PHMSC	Philippines	46 km
Baluante		Philippines	73 km
Mariveles		Philippines	89 km
Bataan	PHBTN	Philippines	89 km
Lingayen	PHLIN	Philippines	100 km

More information

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