M 7.3 in Philippines on 10 Jan 2017 06:13 UTC

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: 7.3M
Depth: 612.71 Km
Event Date: 10 Jan 2017 06:13 UTC
10 Jan 2017 14:13 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10007s9c
Inserted at: 10 Jan 2017 07:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us10007s9c Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1153497 0 10 Jan 2017 06:13 7M, 632km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:06 GEOFON
1153498 0 10 Jan 2017 06:13 6.9M, 622km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:07 NTWC    
1153501 0 10 Jan 2017 06:13 6.9M, 629.52km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:19 NEIC
1153503 0 10 Jan 2017 06:13 7.3M, 612.71km 3.03 No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:46 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: "188km SSE of Tabiauan"

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: 4.463
  • Longitude: 122.575
  • Length: 70 km
  • Width: 19 km
  • Magnitude: 7.3 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: 1.9 m
  • Strike: 90 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 45 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 613 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 116.575, -1.537, 128.575, 10.463
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:1 minutes

Sea Level

More information

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