Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 27 Jan 2023 03:21 UTC

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M 4.5 in Philippines on 27 Jan 2023 03:21 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:	4.5M
Depth:	110.676 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.7912 , 120.5476
Event Date:	27 Jan 2023 03:21 UTC 27 Jan 2023 11:21 Local
Exposed Population:	23.8 million in MMI III
Source:	NEIC us6000jjlk
Inserted at:	27 Jan 2023 04:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000jjlk	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1485711		0	27 Jan 2023 03:21	4.5M, 110.676km	3.38	23.8 million (in 100km)		00:56	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 Southern Tagalog (population 78,518) . The nearest places are Calatagan, Bucal, Navotas, Binubusan, Bocboc, Canda, Balayan, Dao, Lian, Tuy, and Lipa.

Radius	Population
100 km	13 million people
75 km	4.6 million people
50 km	1 million people
20 km	60000 people
10 km	2900 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Southern Tagalog	Philippines	79000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Calatagan	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	16000 people	11 km
Bucal	Batangas	Philippines	Village	-	15 km
Navotas	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	21 km
Binubusan	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	6600 people	22 km
Bocboc		Philippines	Village	-	24 km
Canda	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	24 km
Balayan	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	50000 people	26 km
Dao	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	28 km
Lian	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	7500 people	32 km
Tuy	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	8400 people	32 km
Nasugbu	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	62000 people	33 km
Abalete	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	33 km
Calaca	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	37000 people	33 km
Balagnam	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	33 km
Looc	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	2600 people	33 km
Maricaban		Philippines	Village	-	35 km
Calawang	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Bagalañgit	Batangas	Philippines	Village	2400 people	37 km
Taal	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	40000 people	42 km
Paluan	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	4500 people	42 km
Wawa	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	4800 people	42 km
Looc	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	3000 people	42 km
Mabini	Batangas	Philippines	Village	2700 people	43 km
Gamao		Philippines	Village	-	45 km
Calamias	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Bolboc	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Malaue	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Calampan	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Ignonoc	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	49 km
Luksuhin	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	4500 people	50 km
Magallanes	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	3300 people	50 km
Baluguhan	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Bauan	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	33000 people	50 km
Bayuyuñgan	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Balagbag	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	52 km
Puerto Galera	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	3300 people	53 km
Mendez Nunez	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	54 km
Maslud	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Lubang	Mindoro Occidental	Philippines	Village	5700 people	56 km
Batangas	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	City	240000 people	56 km
Cuenca	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	22000 people	56 km
Banaba	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	4400 people	57 km
Maragondon	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	23000 people	57 km
Tinga	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	57 km
Ilihan	Batangas	Philippines	Village	3500 people	60 km
Pajo	Batangas	Philippines	Village	-	60 km
Naic	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	City	55000 people	63 km
Mamburao	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	24000 people	63 km
Boot	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	4800 people	64 km
Balete	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	8600 people	65 km
Silang	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	City	120000 people	66 km
Bagbag	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	67 km
Alitungan	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Ayon-Dao	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Ik-ik	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Buenavista	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	Village	-	69 km
Lipa	Southern Tagalog	Philippines	City	210000 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
Lubang	LBX	5	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	48 km
Mamburao	MBO	4	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	65 km
Fernando AB		372	Mil.	Paved	No	4900	65 km
Sangley Point AB	SGL	2	Mil.	Paved	No	8600	87 km
Ninoy Aquino International	MNL	23	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12200	94 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Pagapas		Philippines	14 km
Calaca		Philippines	29 km
Nasugbu	PHNUG	Philippines	33 km
Tilic		Philippines	38 km
Paluan		Philippines	43 km
Tabangoa	PHTBG	Philippines	53 km
Batangas	PHBLG	Philippines	54 km
Mamburao		Philippines	65 km
Mariveles		Philippines	71 km
Calapan / Batangas	PHCLP	Philippines	78 km
Bataan	PHBTN	Philippines	79 km
Cavite	PHCVE	Philippines	85 km
Manila	PHMNL	Philippines	99 km

More information

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