5 march 2002 mindanao, philippines earthquake
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5 March 2002 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake
Generalized Seismic Hazard of the Philippines and Vicinity
Plate tectonics of the Philippines and VicinityEpicentral Area
EXPLANATIONMain Shock
5 March 2002
Earthquakes March 5 - 12, 2002
< 4.0
4.0 - 5.0
5.0 - 6.0
Provincial Boundaries
Plate BoundariesConvergent
Transform
Other
Volcanoes
EXPLANATION
Main Shock
5 March 2002
Historic Large Earthquakes
6.5 - 7.0
7.0 - 8.0
> 8.0
Plate Boundaries
Convergent
Transform
Other
Volcanoes
PGA Contours
Provincial Boundaries
Map Prepared by A. C. Tarr, USGS03/25/02
EXPLANATION
Main Shock
5 March 2002
Earthquakes March 5 - 12, 2002
No Magnitude
3.0 - 4.0
4.0 - 5.0
5.0 - 6.0
Volcanoes
Provincial Boundaries
Urbanized Areas
D A V A O
Populated Places
Roads
Railroads
Airports
Civilian
Military
Other
Seismic hazard is expressed as peak ground acceleration (in meters/sec2) expected in a 50-year period with a probability of 10 percent. Contours are approximate.
SCALE 1:10,000,000
SCALE 1:10,000,000
0 20 40 60 8010 Kilometers
SCALE 1:800,000
MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
5 March 2002 21:16:09 UTC6.06 N., 124.21 E.33 km depthMw = 7.5 (HRV)
At least 15 people killed, 21 injured, 33 buildings destroyed, 87 buildings damaged, widespread power outages,and landslides in Central Mindanao andSouthern Mindanao Provinces.
Tsunami observed with 1.5 mpeak-to-trough amplitude
DATA SOURCES
Earthquakes USGS, National Earthquake Information Center NOAA, National Geophysical Data CenterVolcanoes and Plate Boundaries Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcano ProgramSeismic Hazard Global Seismic Assessment Hazard ProgramTopography USGS, EROS Data Center, HYDRO1KBase Map Themes ESRI, Digital Chart of the World