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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 6.8occurred 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 closestcivilian 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), Mactan-cebu 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), PortBello (183km), Ormoc (190km), Palompon (174km), Bogo (145km), Santa Fe

(142km), Villaba (187km), Arevalo (197km), Port Capiz (182km)

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Based on an automated impact model, this earthquake, which occurred in a region withmedium 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: Mon, 2/6/2012 03:49 UTCEuropean Time of the event: Mon, 2/6/2012 04:49 CET (Brussels, Paris, Rome)

East America Time of the event: Sun, 2/5/2012 22:49 EST (New York, Washington)

West America Time of the event: Sun, 2/5/2012 19:49 PST (San Francisco, Los Angeles)

East Asia Time of the event: 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 fullearthquake 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 maximumtsunami 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.

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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

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• 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)  Population  Density (people/km?) 

1  27 27

2  677 53

5  13322 169

10  55982 178

20  156497 124

50  1736322 221

100  8047426 256

200  15410950 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 andtherefore more vulnerable to collapsing office buildings. During traffic hours, people can beaffected by collapsing bridges and other road infrastructure.

Resilience and Vulnerability

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Resilience is the capacity of the population to cope with a hazard. Since much of investmentsin earthquake preparedness and available funds for quick response is related to householdincome, 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 earthquakehappened 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 themaximum altitude is 2227 m. Since this is a medium slope, the risk of earthquakeinduced landslides is medium. Note, however, that the slope data is not reliable on alocal scale, while landslides depend very much on local topography, soil andmeteorological conditions.

• Nuclear power plants: There are no nuclear facilities nearby the epicenter.• Hydrodams: There are no hydrodam facilities nearby the epicenter.

Disclaimer

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