Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Region	Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.

Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)

Name	Advisory Date(UTC)	Wind Speed	Wind Gusts	Heading	Track Speed	Status	Pressure	Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.

Active Volcanoes

Name	Region	Activity	Primary Observatory	More Information	Last Updated	Lat/Long
Awu	Indonesia	New Activity	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Nov 25 05:18:16 HST 2015	3.67° N / 125.5° E
Ibu	Indonesia	New Activity	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Nov 25 05:18:16 HST 2015	1.49° N / 127.63° E
Karangetang	Indonesia	Ongoing Activity	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Nov 25 05:18:16 HST 2015	2.78° N / 125.4° E
Soputan	Indonesia	Ongoing Activity	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Nov 25 05:18:16 HST 2015	1.11° N / 124.74° E
Dukono	Indonesia	Ongoing Activity	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Nov 25 05:18:16 HST 2015	1.68° N / 127.88° E
Lokon-Empung	Indonesia	Ongoing Activity	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Nov 25 05:18:16 HST 2015	1.36° N / 124.79° E
Gamkonora	Indonesia	Ongoing Activity	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Nov 25 05:18:16 HST 2015	1.38° N / 127.53° E
Colo	Indonesia	Unknown	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Nov 04 06:04:25 HST 2015	0.16° S / 121.6° E
Tongkoko	Indonesia	Unknown	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Apr 28 07:49:48 HST 2010	1.52° N / 125.2° E
Ruang	Indonesia	Unknown	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Jun 10 07:40:49 HST 2015	2.3° N / 125.37° E
Ambang	Indonesia	Unknown	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Aug 13 05:05:19 HST 2014	0.75° N / 124.42° E
Gamalama	Indonesia	Unknown	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Nov 11 16:29:22 HST 2015	0.8° N / 127.33° E
Makian	Indonesia	Unknown	Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation	GVP Site Link	Wed Jun 03 08:01:03 HST 2009	0.32° N / 127.4° E

Recent Hotspots (Fire)

Date of First Obs(UTC)	Date of Last Obs(UTC)	Description	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years

Count
39

5 Most Recent Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Nov 07 2011 09:43	5.0	46			PHILIPPINES: MINDANAO: BUKIDNON PROVINCE	7.9° N / 125.19° E
Mar 03 2011 15:12	5.5	50			PHILIPPINES: MINDANAO	9.46° N / 125.94° E
Jul 23 2010 00:22	7.6	586	4	0	PHILIPPINES: CELEBES SEA: MORO GULF	6.49° N / 123.47° E
Sep 18 2009 00:11	5.7	10		0	PHILIPPINES: COTABATO, SULTAN KUDARAT	6.51° N / 124.72° E
Feb 11 2009 00:17	7.2	22		0	INDONESIA: KEPULAUAN TALAUD	3.88° N / 126.4° E

5 Largest Earthquakes

Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Depth(Km)	Intensity	Deaths	Location	Lat / Long
Sep 21 1897 00:05	8.7	33	9	0	PHILIPPINES: MINDANAO, ZAMBOANGA, SULU, ISABELA	6.0° N / 122.0° E
Sep 20 1897 00:19	8.6	33	7	0	PHILIPPINES: NW MINDANAO: DAPITAN	6.0° N / 122.0° E
Jan 22 1905 00:02	8.4	90		0	INDONESIA: MINAHASSA PENINSULA	1.0° N / 123.0° E
Aug 15 1918 00:12	8.3	33	10	46	PHILIPPINES: MINDANAO: COTABATO	5.4° N / 125.2° E
Apr 14 1924 00:16	8.3	33	9	0	PHILIPPINES: E MINDANAO: MATI,SURIGA	6.5° N / 126.5° E

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions

Count
86

5 Most Recent Eruptions

Name	Date(UTC)	Magnitude	Location	Lat / Long
IBU	Dec 18 1998 00:00	1.0	HALMAHERA-INDONESIA	1.48° N / 127.63° E
MT. KARANGETANG	Dec 19 1997 00:00	3.0	INDONESIA	2.78° N / 125.48° E
RUANG	Dec 29 1996 00:00	2.0	SANGIHE IS-INDONESIA	2.28° N / 125.43° E
SOPUTAN	Dec 15 1996 00:00	1.0	SULAWESI-INDONESIA	1.11° N / 124.72° E
DUKONO	Jan 30 1995 00:00	1.0	HALMAHERA-INDONESIA	1.7° N / 127.87° E

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Mar 11 2011 00:00	INDONESIA	RAJA AMPAT	0.5		0.5° S / 130.0° E
Feb 11 2009 18:14	PHILIPPINES	DAVAO	0.1	0	7.08° N / 125.63° E
Nov 16 2008 00:00	INDONESIA	TAHUNA	0.1	0	3.63° N / 125.5° E
Mar 05 2002 00:00	PHILIPPINES	KIAMBA	3.0	0	5.98° N / 124.62° E
May 04 2000 00:00	INDONESIA	BANGGAI, ISLAND, PULAU, SULAWESI	6.0	0	1.57° S / 123.5° E

5 Largest Tsunami Runups

Date(UTC)	Country	Location	Runup(meters)	Deaths	Lat / Long
Mar 02 1871 00:00	INDONESIA	TAHULANDAG I., MOLUCCAS	25.0	277	2.38° N / 125.39° E
Sep 29 1899 00:00	INDONESIA	LAIMU	9.0	0	1.37° N / 125.08° E
Jun 28 1859 00:00	INDONESIA	HALMAHERA, W. COAST	9.0	0	0.8° N / 127.6° E
Aug 16 1976 00:00	PHILIPPINES	LINEK, COTABATO	8.5	0	7.17° N / 124.16° E
Sep 21 1897 07:30	PHILIPPINES	ISABELA	7.0	0	6.71° N / 121.97° E

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)

Start Date(UTC)	End Date(UTC)	Intensity	Size (sq. km.)	Mean Lat.	Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years

Maximum Zone
Magnitude IX and above

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years

Maximum Zone (km/hr)
250+

Demography

Population 2001

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
25,727,638	184,744

Population 2002

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
25,929,662	186,398

Population 2006

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
27,585,570	87,727

Population 2007

Total Population	Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
28,058,572	88,816

Countries

Country
Indonesia
Philippines

Major Cities

Country	Name	Population	Status	Lat / Long
Philippines	Davao	500,000 to 1,000,000	Other	7.08° N / 125.61° E
Indonesia	Manado	100,000 to 250,000	Provincial capital	1.48° N / 124.85° E

Infrastructure

Airports

Name	Type	Elevation (Ft.)	Link	Lat / Long
ALLAH VALLEY	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00600	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMA	6.37° N / 124.75° E
BABULLAH	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00049	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAMT	0.83° N / 127.38° E
BISLIG	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00012	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMF	8.2° N / 126.32° E
BUBUNG	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00056	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAMW	1.04° S / 122.77° E
BUTUAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00141	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPME	8.95° N / 125.48° E
CAGAYAN DE ORO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00610	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPML	8.41° N / 124.61° E
CAMIGUIN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00053	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMH	9.25° N / 124.71° E
COTABATO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00189	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMC	7.16° N / 124.21° E
DIPOLOG	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00012	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMG	8.6° N / 123.34° E
DUMAGUETE	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00015	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPVD	9.33° N / 123.3° E
GENERAL SANTOS	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00028	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMB	6.11° N / 125.24° E
ILIGAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	01299	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMI	8.13° N / 124.21° E
IMELDA ROMUALDEZ MARCOS	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00154	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMQ	6.95° N / 126.27° E
JALALUDDIN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00059	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAMG	0.64° N / 122.85° E
JEFMAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00010	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WASS	0.93° S / 131.12° E
JOLO	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00119	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMJ	6.05° N / 121.01° E
MALABANG	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00027	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMM	7.62° N / 124.06° E
MALITA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00016		6.4° N / 125.62° E
NAHA	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00016	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAMH	3.68° N / 125.53° E
OZAMIS	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00016	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMO	8.18° N / 123.84° E
PAGADIAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00005	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMP	7.83° N / 123.46° E
SAM RATULANGI	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00270	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=WAMM	1.55° N / 124.93° E
SEAHAWK LZ	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	01011		6.65° N / 121.98° E
SORONG MAINLAND	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00010		0.89° S / 131.29° E
TAGBILARAN	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00038	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPVT	9.66° N / 123.85° E
TANDAG	Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use	00016	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMW	9.07° N / 126.17° E
FRANCISCO BANGOY INTL	Active civil airport	00092	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMD	7.13° N / 125.65° E
TAMBLER	Active civil airport	00498	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMR	6.06° N / 125.1° E
ZAMBOANGA INTL	Active civil airport	00030	http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=RPMZ	6.92° N / 122.06° E

Nuclear Power Plants

Name	Country	Number of Reactors	Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Urban	3,123	0.2
Rural	240,270	14
Not classified	1,533,893	86

MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)

Land Cover	Area (km2)	%
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	192,946	81
Croplands	18,723	8
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic	15,147	6
Unclassified	6,729	3
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest	2,763	1.2
Savannas	967	0.4
Grasslands	432	0.2
Closed Shrublands	255	0.1
Woody Savannas	182	0.08
Open Shrublands	123	0.05
Mixed Forests	83	0.03
Permanent Wetlands	30	0.01
Urban and Built-Up	19	0.01
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated	13	0.01
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	11	0
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	3	0

Elevation (meters)
(land only)

Minimum	Maximum	Average
-3	2,804	385

Average Temperature (degrees C)

	Nov	Dec	Jan
low	20.9	20.9	20.9
high	30.1	29.9	29.5

Average Precipitation

	Nov	Dec	Jan
mm/day	6.2	5.7	6.4

Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)

Station Name	Observation Time (UTC)	Temp (F)	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Direction	Sky Condition	Lat / Long
DAVAO/FRANCISCO	Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00	78.8F	2.0	N	Scattered clouds 1600 ft. Scattered clouds 9000 ft. Broken clouds 29000 ft.	7.12° N / 125.65° E

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