Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 19 Sep 2016 02:43 UTC

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M 4.5 in Indonesia on 19 Sep 2016 02:43 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

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:	4.5M
Depth:	33.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	2.2464 , 98.8036
Event Date:	19 Sep 2016 02:43 UTC 19 Sep 2016 09:43 Local
Exposed Population:	2605689 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006qrt
Inserted at:	19 Sep 2016 03:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006qrt	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1140360		0	19 Sep 2016 02:43	4.5M, 33.6km	N/A	2.6 million (in 100km)		00:35	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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Indonesia , Province of Sumatera Utara (population 9,319,344) . The nearest places are Lintongnihoeta, Dolok Sanggul, Hoeta Nabolon, Hoeta Ranggitgit, Moeara, Siborongborong, Sihikit, Ha Toea, Nainggolan, and Situmeang.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.6 million people
75 km	1.5 million people
50 km	950000 people
20 km	78000 people
10 km	34000 people
5 km	8000 people
2 km	1800 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	9.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lintongnihoeta	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	6 km
Dolok Sanggul	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	6 km
Hoeta Nabolon	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	15 km
Hoeta Ranggitgit	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	15 km
Moeara	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Siborongborong	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Sihikit	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Ha Toea	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Nainggolan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Situmeang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Pinangsore		10				0	78 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Barus		Indonesia	53 km
Sibolga	IDSLG	Indonesia	55 km
Lae Tapus		Indonesia	63 km

More information

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