M 5.4 in Philippines on 10 Feb 2024 05:21 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.4M
Glide number: EQ-2024-000012-PHL
Depth: 12.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.7286 , 125.7102
Event Date: 10 Feb 2024 05:21 UTC
10 Feb 2024 13:21 Local
Exposed Population: 90 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us7000ly7s
Inserted at: 10 Feb 2024 09:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 1.2
us7000ly7s Scaled population (raster) 3.5  
  C1 rapid impact 0.43  
  C2 rapid impact 0.27  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.89  
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
1552720 1.2 10 Feb 2024 05:21 5.4M, 12.4km 6.65 70 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 03:53 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 Northern Mindanao (population 3,510,000) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
72000 people
150000 people
620000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Northern Mindanao Philippines 31000 people
Northern Mindanao Philippines 210000 people
Northern Mindanao Philippines 640000 people
Southern Mindanao Philippines 11000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Verdo Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 4 km
Esperanza Northern Mindanao Philippines Village 6100 people 9 km
Kubo Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 9 km
Ambacon Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 11 km
Tungao Northern Mindanao Philippines Village 8800 people 14 km
Guadalupe Northern Mindanao Philippines Village 3400 people 16 km
Las Nieves Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 16 km
Bilay Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 19 km
Corinto Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 25 km
Prosperidad Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 26 km
San Vicente Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 26 km
Ampayon Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 28 km
Nuevo Trabajo Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 30 km
Butuan Northern Mindanao Philippines City 250000 people 30 km
La Trinidad Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 32 km
Los Angeles Northern Mindanao Philippines Village 4000 people 34 km
Antonio Luna Northern Mindanao Philippines Village - 39 km
Magallanes Agusan del Norte Philippines Village 6500 people 39 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
Butuan BXU 43 Civ. Paved No 6000 35 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Butuan Philippines 30 km

More information

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