M 6.3 in Philippines on 12 Sep 2023 11:03 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: 6.3M
Depth: 41.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.2687 , 121.2178
Event Date: 12 Sep 2023 11:03 UTC
12 Sep 2023 19:03 Local
Exposed Population: 8 thousand in MMI&>=V
Source: NEIC us7000kv90
Inserted at: 12 Sep 2023 11:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0.3
us7000kv90 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 rapid impact 0 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 rapid impact 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1525059 0 12 Sep 2023 11:03 6.3M, 41.3km 5.56 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:17 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Philippines ,of Cagayan Valley (population 2,341,000) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
7900 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Cagayan Valley Philippines 4100 people
Cagayan Valley Philippines 90000 people
Ilocos Philippines 6900 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kaniwalan Philippines Village - 20 km
Visita Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 23 km
Nagsidel Philippines Village - 24 km
Banua Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 25 km
Banoa Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 25 km
Dadao Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 27 km
Rarasi Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 29 km
Poso Philippines Village - 44 km
Sorongan Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 49 km
Namuac Cagayan Valley Philippines Village 3000 people 73 km
Claveria Cagayan Valley Philippines Village 10000 people 75 km
Batitgao Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 75 km
Santiago Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 75 km
Minabul Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 78 km
Kilkiling Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 78 km
Bangan Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 81 km
Cadagatan Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 82 km
Filomeno Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 82 km
Taccuen Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 86 km
San Juan Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 88 km
Fugu Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 89 km
Tangatong Ilocos Norte Philippines Village - 90 km
Naguilian Cagayan Valley Philippines Village - 94 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Taggat 5 0 75 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Calayan Philippines 27 km
Claveria Philippines 74 km

More information

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