Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 09 Aug 2022 02:52 UTC

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M 4.7 in Philippines on 09 Aug 2022 02:52 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	4.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.3411 , 122.0512
Event Date:	09 Aug 2022 02:52 UTC 09 Aug 2022 10:52 Local
Exposed Population:	120 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us6000i99c
Inserted at:	09 Aug 2022 03:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
us6000i99c	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0.43
	C2 rapid impact	0.27
	Country Vulnerability	0
	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
1456454		0.3	09 Aug 2022 02:52	4.7M, 10km	4.28	120 thousand (in 100km)		00:45	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 Visayas (population 63,772) . The nearest places are Magdalena, Dao, Atiotis, San Joaquin, Miagao, Hamtic, Cogon, Guimbal, San Jose, Igbaras, and Iloilo.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.2 million people
75 km	1.6 million people
50 km	380000 people
20 km	36000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western Visayas	Philippines	64000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Magdalena	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	2400 people	13 km
Dao	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	2900 people	23 km
Atiotis	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	27 km
San Joaquin	Iloilo	Philippines	Village	4900 people	30 km
Miagao	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	8800 people	39 km
Hamtic	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	4800 people	41 km
Cogon	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	44 km
Guimbal	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	7200 people	47 km
San Jose	Western Visayas	Philippines	City	23000 people	47 km
Igbaras	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Sibalom	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	7200 people	50 km
Tigbauan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	13000 people	52 km
San Pedro	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	5000 people	52 km
Panobolon	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
San Remigio	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Alobijod	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Belison	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	4600 people	56 km
Aningatan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	58 km
Buenavista	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	59 km
Oton	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	14000 people	61 km
Leon	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	5100 people	62 km
Caliling	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	4800 people	62 km
Patnongon	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	5700 people	64 km
Calaya	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	2700 people	64 km
Inayauan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Rizal	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Gines	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	2400 people	66 km
San Miguel	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	8400 people	67 km
Alimodian	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	7300 people	68 km
Mandurriao	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Jordan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	8200 people	69 km
Iloilo	Iloilo City	Philippines	City	390000 people	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
Antique		7	Civ.	Paved	No	3400	49 km
Iloilo	ILO	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	68 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
San Jose de Buenavista	PHSJI	Philippines	47 km
Cartagena / Iloilo	PHCRT	Philippines	68 km
Pulupandan	PHPUL	Philippines	85 km

More information

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