Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 03 May 2024 04:38 UTC

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M 4.6 in Philippines on 03 May 2024 04:38 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:	4.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.0308 , 122.5009
Event Date:	03 May 2024 04:38 UTC 03 May 2024 12:38 Local
Exposed Population:	1.2 million in MMI III
Source:	NEIC us6000mvwr
Inserted at:	03 May 2024 21:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000mvwr	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
1568926		0	03 May 2024 04:38	4.6M, 10km	3.31	1.2 million (in 100km)		17:01	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.5 million people
75 km	430000 people
50 km	80000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Basay	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	4200 people	45 km
Bayawan	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	35000 people	50 km
Da-og	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	51 km
Santa Catalina	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	26000 people	52 km
Guisokan	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Apoloy	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	2100 people	59 km
Siaton	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	7200 people	59 km
Hinoba-an	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	64 km
Bonbonon	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Tamborong	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	69 km

see full list

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
Basay Cdcp		101				0	51 km
Dumaguete	DGT	5	Civ.	Paved	No	6100	94 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bayawan		Philippines	49 km
Tolong / Dumaguete	PHTLG	Philippines	53 km
Bais / Dumaguete	PHBAI	Philippines	93 km
Dumaguete	PHDGT	Philippines	94 km

More information

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