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M 5.4 in Philippines on 05 Mar 2023 20:43 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:	5.4M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	7.4993 , 126.1868
Event Date:	05 Mar 2023 20:43 UTC 06 Mar 2023 04:43 Local
Exposed Population:	40 thousand in MMI VI
Source:	NEIC us7000jhi6
Inserted at:	05 Mar 2023 20:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
us7000jhi6	Scaled population (raster)	1.04
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1493702		0.6	05 Mar 2023 20:43	5.4M, 10km	6.34	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:15	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 Southern Mindanao (population 4,457,000) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	40000 people
	250000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	61000 people
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	340000 people
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	740000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Boadon	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	6 km
New Bataan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	14 km
Katagbakah	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	13 km
Panalsalan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	17 km
Maganding	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	19 km
Lagab	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	20 km
Manganon	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	21 km
Compostela	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	42000 people	22 km
Ngan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	23 km
Mauav	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	23 km
Mawab	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	14000 people	29 km
Babag	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3200 people	31 km
Kadahanan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	28 km
Sebio	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	30 km
Rizal	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
Sukod	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	36 km
Hulip	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Bankerohan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Tagum	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	City	170000 people	38 km
New Bohol	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3700 people	39 km
Maco	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	12000 people	40 km
Moncayo	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	40 km
Hiju	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	41 km
New Corella	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	21000 people	42 km
San Rafael	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2100 people	42 km
Kanigawan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	47 km
Esperanza	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2700 people	48 km
Abaca	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	50 km
Kinamayap	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	57 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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