Red Earthquake and Tsunami Alert in Philippines

Summary On 2/6/2012 3:49:18 AM UTC (about 12:02h local time) an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in the very highly populated region of Central Visayas in Philippines. The nearest populated places are: Ayungon (20km), Tayasan (12km), Cantaup (16km), Jimalalud (6km), La Libertad (7km), Apanangon (6km), Guihulngan (15km), Villegas (15km). The closest civilian airport is Bacolod (73km). It is likely that a tsunami was generated. The maximum tsunami wave height near the coast of Da-og will be 0.19m. Please refer to the GDACS tsunami report for more details. Potentially affected critical infrastructure:

Nuclear plants: [None] Hydrodams: [None] Airports: Dipolog (160km), Siquijor (97km), Camiguin (189km), Dumaguete (79km), Basay Cdcp (87km), Tagbilaran (85km), Ubay (142km), Maasin (177km), Mactancebu International (94km), Lahug (86km), Bacolod (73km), Iloilo (102km), Antique (159km), Philphos (169km), Ormoc (190km), Sicogon Island (158km), Roxas (181km) Ports: Oroquieta (187km), Dipolog (162km), Inamucan Bay (171km), Pulauan (158km), Baliango (159km), Lazi (113km), Mambajao (190km), Dumaguete (82km), Tolong / Dumaguete (83km), Bayawan (85km), San Sebastian (64km), Bais / Dumaguete (50km), Tagbilaran (85km), Jagna (138km), Maribojoc (80km), Guindulman Bay (149km), Tubigan (87km), Sibonga (49km), Dumanjug (29km), Maasin (182km), Jetafe (107km), Pinamungajan (52km), Cebu (83km), Mandaue (90km), Sangi (63km), Sangi (64km), Carlos (57km), Pulupandan (69km), Carmen (111km), Bacolod (76km), Baybay (192km), Cartagena / Iloilo (99km), Tuburan (104km), San Jose De Buenavista (158km), Sogod Bay (121km), Pilar (175km), Silay (89km), Borbon (129km), Isabel (169km), Merida (178km), Cadiz (104km), Port Bello (183km), Ormoc (190km), Palompon (174km), Bogo (145km), Santa Fe (142km), Villaba (187km), Arevalo (197km), Port Capiz (182km)

Based on an automated impact model, this earthquake, which occurred in a region with medium vulnerability to natural disasters, has potentially a high humanitarian impact. Whether international humanitarian aid is needed must be decided by an expert. Event Date Univ. Time: European Time of the event: East America Time of the event: West America Time of the event: East Asia Time of the event: Mon, 2/6/2012 03:49 UTC Mon, 2/6/2012 04:49 CET (Brussels, Paris, Rome) Sun, 2/5/2012 22:49 EST (New York, Washington) Sun, 2/5/2012 19:49 PST (San Francisco, Los Angeles) Mon, 2/6/2012 12:49 JTI (Tokyo)

This email report was automatically created by a computer at: 2/6/2012 3:59:14 AM UTC (9 minutes after the event)

See the GDACS website for live news coverage (including OCHA Situation Reports), the full earthquake report and tsunami report . For information on emergency response, please consult the GDACS Virtual OSOCC.

Tsunami Event It is likely that a tsunami was generated. Based on precalculated scenarios, the maximum tsunami wave height near the coast of Da-og will be 0.19m. A detailed tsunami wave height calculation is ongoing and should be available 20 minutes after this report was created. Results can be slightly different than the precalculated scenario.

The outcome can be checked here: GDACS tsunami report .

Travel time map. Other maps: maximum wave height, animation.

Earthquake Event

Characteristics

Source: World Data Centre for Seismology, Denver (NEIC) M Magnitude: 6.8 M Depth: 33 km Location (Lat/Long): 10.031 | 123.175 Country: Philippines Province: Central Visayas

Region: Negros - Cebu Region UTC/GMT (Greenwich time): 2/6/2012 3:49:18 AM Estimated local solar time: 2/6/2012 12:02:00 PM

Population Density near epicenter (people/km2). Image area: 6x4 decimal degrees (approx. 650x450km2).

Earthquake Impact Details

Potentially affected People

Population Data
Radius (km) 1 2 5 10 20 50 100 200 Population 27 677 13322 55982 156497 1736322 8047426 15410950 Density (people/km?) 27 53 169 178 124 221 256 122

The population in the area of this earthquake is 221 people/km?. The earthquake occurred at 12h local time. At this time a day, more people are at work and therefore more vulnerable to collapsing office buildings. During traffic hours, people can be affected by collapsing bridges and other road infrastructure.

Resilience and Vulnerability

Resilience is the capacity of the population to cope with a hazard. Since much of investments in earthquake preparedness and available funds for quick response is related to household income, the GDP per capita can be used as a rough indicator of resilience. Philippines has a GDP per capita of 1137 PPP$ (Parity Purchasing Power Dollar, about 1 Euro) and is therefore part of the low level income countries. Therefore, the earthquake happened in an area of low resilience. Based on the combination of 9 indicators, ECHO attributes Philippines a medium vulnerability. ECHO Intervention Priority Ranking for Philippines
Overall situation Human Development Human Poverty Exposure to Major Disasters Natural Disasters Conflicts Humanitarian effects of population movement Refugees and IDPs Health of children under five Undernourishment Mortality rates Other vulnerability factors Access to health care Prevalence of HIV, TBC and malaria Gender-specific Human Development Gini Index Source ECHO Key: Bad Medium Good No data

Secondary effects
Probability of secondary effects:

Landslides: The maximum slope in the area of the earthquake is 44.23% and the maximum altitude is 2227 m. Since this is a medium slope, the risk of earthquake induced landslides is medium. Note, however, that the slope data is not reliable on a local scale, while landslides depend very much on local topography, soil and meteorological conditions. Nuclear power plants: There are no nuclear facilities nearby the epicenter. Hydrodams: There are no hydrodam facilities nearby the epicenter.

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