Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Philippines from 15 Dec 2019 06:11 UTC to 06:11

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M 6.8 in Philippines from 15 Dec 2019 06:11 UTC to 06:11

Hazard models

EQ parameters

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:	6.8M
Glide number:	EQ-2019-000168-PHL
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	6.59 , 125.18
Event Date:	15 Dec 2019 06:11 UTC 15 Dec 2019 14:11 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	GEOFON gfz2019ymhi
Inserted at:	15 Dec 2019 06:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
GEOFON	n.a		0		0
gfz2019ymhi	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	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.

Exposed population

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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