M 4.9 in Philippines on 31 Jul 2022 11:27 UTC
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: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.4231 , 120.7484
Event Date: 31 Jul 2022 11:27 UTC
31 Jul 2022 19:27 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us6000i6yg
Inserted at: 31 Jul 2022 11:46 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
us6000i6yg Scaled population (raster) 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.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1455997 0.3 31 Jul 2022 11:27 4.9M, 10km 5.85 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:19 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Philippines ,of Cordillera Administrative Region (population 1,146,000) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
15000 people
53000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines 21000 people
Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines 110000 people
Ilocos Philippines <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
San Guillermo Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 3 km
Toqueng Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 6 km
Labaan Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 8 km
Lagaosian Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 9 km
Bazar Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 10 km
Salldeng Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 10 km
Alaludig Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 11 km
Naguilian Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 12 km
San Miguel Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 14 km
Bugbug Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 14 km
Ududiao Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 14 km
Baliga Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 15 km
Tubtubo Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 16 km
Caocabayan Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 16 km
Danac Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 16 km
Pilar Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 17 km
Cagutuñgan Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 17 km
Villavicja Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 19 km
Paoa Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 20 km
Lagangilang Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village - 21 km
Bangued Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines Village 14000 people 24 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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