M 6.4 in Philippines on 16 Oct 2019 11:37 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Depth: 14.12 Km
Event Date: 16 Oct 2019 11:37 UTC
16 Oct 2019 19:37 Local
Exposed Population: 360000 people in MMI
7900000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70005ulm
Inserted at: 16 Oct 2019 12:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.4 0 1.4
us70005ulm Scaled population (raster) 4.39 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap 0.43 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.27      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.89      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1274866 1.8 16 Oct 2019 11:37 6.7M, 10km N/A 8 million (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:09 PTWC
1274873 1.4 16 Oct 2019 11:37 6.4M, 14.12km 7.19 370 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:38 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.

Tsunami affected locations

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Wave height (m)

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Initial conditions

Title: ""M 6.4, 7km ENE of Columbio, Philippines""

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: 6.712
  • Longitude: 125.005
  • Length: 25 km
  • Width: 7 km
  • Magnitude: 6.4 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: .6 m
  • Strike: 178 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 49 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 14 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 123.505, 5.212, 126.505, 8.212
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.25 minutes

Sea Level

More information

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