Overall Green Earthquake alert in Philippines on 02 Nov 2021 03:58 UTC

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M 4.6 in Philippines on 02 Nov 2021 03:58 UTC

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:	4.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	9.9171 , 122.4772
Event Date:	02 Nov 2021 03:58 UTC 02 Nov 2021 11:58 Local
Exposed Population:	4 million in 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000fqq9
Inserted at:	02 Nov 2021 05:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000fqq9	Scaled population (vector)	6.41
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-0.18
	INFORM_normalised	0.89

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1406394		0	02 Nov 2021 03:58	4.6M, 10km	N/A	4 million (in 100km)		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 Western Visayas (population 5,393,000) . The nearest places are Inayauan, Caliling, Cauayan, Katolohan, Sipalay, Caningay, Cancilayan, Dancalan, Tamborong, Hinoba-an, and Mampahubug.

Radius	Population
100 km	4 million people
75 km	1.5 million people
50 km	480000 people
20 km	110000 people
10 km	25000 people
5 km	12000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western Visayas	Philippines	5.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Inayauan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	4 km
Caliling	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	4800 people	7 km
Cauayan	Negros Occidental	Philippines	Village	8700 people	17 km
Katolohan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	18 km
Sipalay	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	24000 people	20 km
Caningay	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	3200 people	21 km
Cancilayan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	28 km
Dancalan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	9700 people	30 km
Tamborong	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	32 km
Hinoba-an	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	34 km
Ilog	Negros Occidental	Philippines	Village	6600 people	34 km
Bogotban	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	37 km
Kabankalan	Western Visayas	Philippines	City	130000 people	38 km
Lupni	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	39 km
Binicuil	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	40 km
Mananga	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	41 km
Sagumayon	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	45 km
Nanas	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	46 km
Da-og	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	48 km
Himamaylan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	25000 people	48 km
Aguisan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	12000 people	50 km
Binalbagan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	39000 people	52 km
Abis	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	2600 people	53 km
Panobolon	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	56 km
Cabanbaan	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	57 km
Hinigaran	Negros Occidental	Philippines	Village	39000 people	57 km
Basay	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	4200 people	58 km
Camangcamang	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	4100 people	59 km
Calaya	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	2700 people	64 km
Bagtic	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	3800 people	65 km
Cantaup	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Isabella	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	65 km
Guisokan	Central Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	67 km
Pontevedra	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	7700 people	67 km
Alobijod	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	68 km
Mampahubug	Western Visayas	Philippines	Village	-	69 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
Basay Cdcp		101				0	51 km
Iloilo	ILO	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	88 km
Bacolod	BCD	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6400	94 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bayawan		Philippines	71 km
Tolong / Dumaguete	PHTLG	Philippines	75 km
Pulupandan	PHPUL	Philippines	77 km
Bais / Dumaguete	PHBAI	Philippines	81 km
Cartagena / Iloilo	PHCRT	Philippines	86 km
Bacolod	PHBCD	Philippines	98 km

More information

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