Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 04 Nov 2016 23:26 UTC

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M 5.1 in Indonesia on 04 Nov 2016 23:26 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:	5.1M
Depth:	27.76 Km
Lat/Lon:	2.8744 , 95.4734
Event Date:	04 Nov 2016 23:26 UTC 05 Nov 2016 06:26 Local
Exposed Population:	About 70336 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000747x
Inserted at:	04 Nov 2016 23:58 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us1000747x	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
1145605		0	04 Nov 2016 23:26	5.1M, 27.76km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		00:31	NEIC

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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 , Special Region of Aceh (population 4,307,539) . The nearest places are Langi, Lokupau, Datimun, Sumbue, Bunan, Tameng, Sinarung, Kutainang, Ai, and Abaja.

Radius	Population
100 km	70000 people
75 km	58000 people
50 km	28000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Aceh	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	9.3 million people
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	300000 people
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	4.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Langi	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Lokupau	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Datimun	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Sumbue	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Bunan	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Tameng	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Sinarung	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Kutainang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Ai	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Abaja	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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