M 5.5 in Philippines on 02 Aug 2022 05:24 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: 5.5M
Depth: 57.998 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.7917 , 123.8396
Event Date: 02 Aug 2022 05:24 UTC
02 Aug 2022 13:24 Local
Exposed Population: 2.8 million in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us6000i7d8
Inserted at: 02 Aug 2022 18:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.2 (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us6000i7d8 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  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
1456328 0.3 02 Aug 2022 05:24 5M, 56.41km 3.91 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:21 NEIC
1456334 0.3 02 Aug 2022 05:24 5.4M, 42.3km 3.95 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 01:36 NEIC
1456341 0.3 02 Aug 2022 05:24 5.5M, 57.998km 4.4 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 13:25 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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