Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 16 Apr 2024 16:06 UTC

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M 5 in Philippines on 16 Apr 2024 16:06 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:	5.0M
Depth:	48.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.7044 , 126.2736
Event Date:	16 Apr 2024 16:06 UTC 17 Apr 2024 00:06 Local
Exposed Population:	170 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000mcg7
Inserted at:	19 Apr 2024 17:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000mcg7	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1565331		0	16 Apr 2024 16:06	5M, 44.1km	3.76	180 thousand (in 100km)		00:20	NEIC
1565946		0	16 Apr 2024 16:06	5M, 48.9km	3.71	170 thousand (in 100km)		3d 01:03	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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Philippines , Region of Northern Mindanao (population 29,655) . The nearest places are General Luna, Libertad, Dapa, Pilar, Caridad, Cabugao, San Isidro, Kangcohoy, Socorro, Numancia, and Tandag.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.2 million people
75 km	450000 people
50 km	170000 people
20 km	19000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Mindanao	Philippines	30000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
General Luna	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	16 km
Libertad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	20 km
Dapa	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	8800 people	25 km
Pilar	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	26 km
Caridad	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	28 km
Cabugao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	30 km
San Isidro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	33 km
Kangcohoy	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Socorro	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	9600 people	35 km
Numancia	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	38 km
Pamosaingan	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	39 km
Beilon	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	39 km
San Benito	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	40 km
Burgos	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	41 km
Sapao	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2300 people	43 km
Alegria	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	45 km
Madrelino	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Tuburan	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	-	49 km
Carrascal	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	4400 people	51 km
Burgos	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	3500 people	51 km
Cantilan	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	9300 people	52 km
Adlay	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2500 people	52 km
Taganito	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	53 km
Sibahay	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	54 km
Tigao	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	2100 people	55 km
Urbistondo	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Lanuza	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2000 people	57 km
Sapa	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	59 km
Madrid	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	3100 people	59 km
Carmen	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2800 people	59 km
Claver	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	5900 people	61 km
Talavera	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	-	63 km
Gigaquit	Surigao del Norte	Philippines	Village	3000 people	64 km
Nuevo Camp	Northern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Buenavista	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	2600 people	66 km
Cabangahan	Southern Mindanao	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Tandag	Surigao del Sur	Philippines	Village	29000 people	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Siargao		3				0	39 km
Tandag	TDG	5	Civ.	Paved	No	4400	71 km
Nonoc		4				0	75 km
Surigao	SUG	6	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	87 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Dapa		Philippines	24 km
Numancia		Philippines	38 km
Tandag		Philippines	69 km
Surigao	PHSUG	Philippines	88 km
Aras Asan		Philippines	91 km

More information

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