M 6.8 in Philippines on 15 Dec 2019 06:11 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: 6.8M
Depth: 22.41 Km
Event Date: 15 Dec 2019 06:11 UTC
15 Dec 2019 14:11 Local
Exposed Population: 530000 people in MMI
7790000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60006rp9
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2019 07:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:
4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.5 0 1.5
us60006rp9 Scaled population (raster) 4.65 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
1285566 0 15 Dec 2019 06:11 6.8M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:06 GEOFON
1285567 1.4 15 Dec 2019 06:11 6.9M, 52.8km N/A 7.5 million (in 100km) 0.1m (at 00:35) 00:10 PTWC
1285569 1.4 15 Dec 2019 06:11 6.9M, 53km N/A 7.8 million (in 100km) 0.1m (at 00:35) 00:10 NTWC
1285573 1.4 15 Dec 2019 06:11 6.8M, 28.19km 6.95 380 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:25 NEIC
1285585 1.5 15 Dec 2019 06:11 6.8M, 22.41km 7.13 540 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 01:17 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 6.8, 5km SSE of Magsaysay, Philippines""

Fault parameters

  • Latitude: 6.708
  • Longitude: 125.188
  • Length: 39 km
  • Width: 11 km
  • Magnitude: 6.8 M

Okada parameters:

  • Slip: 1 m
  • Strike: 178 (geogr angle: north=0, south=180)
  • Dip: 49 degree
  • Rake: 90 degree
  • Depth: 22 km

Calculation parameters

  • Calculation space (lon/lat): 122.188, 3.708, 128.188, 9.708
  • Instead of Step -> use Cell size:.5 minutes

Sea Level

More information

  • Timeline:
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