Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 24 May 2023 08:55 UTC

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M 4.6 in Philippines on 24 May 2023 08:55 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:	4.6M
Depth:	98.696 Km
Lat/Lon:	6.0666 , 126.3288
Event Date:	24 May 2023 08:55 UTC 24 May 2023 16:55 Local
Exposed Population:	630 thousand in MMI III
Source:	NEIC us7000k3f2
Inserted at:	24 May 2023 09:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000k3f2	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
1507381		0	24 May 2023 08:55	4.6M, 98.696km	3.44	630 thousand (in 100km)		00:25	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	390000 people
75 km	97000 people
50 km	18000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tagabibi	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Surup	Davao Oriental	Philippines	Village	-	41 km
Nangan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3400 people	50 km
Kabuaya	Davao Oriental	Philippines	Village	-	55 km
Luzon	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3200 people	56 km
Monserat	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Tibanban	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	7700 people	68 km
Lamitan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	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
Malita		5				0	87 km
Imelda Romualdez Marcos	MXI	47	Civ.	Paved	No	4200	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Monserat		Philippines	64 km
Lamitan		Philippines	69 km
Mati	PHMXI	Philippines	97 km

More information

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