Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 24 Oct 2019 13:38 UTC

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M 5.6 in Indonesia on 24 Oct 2019 13:38 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:	5.6M
Depth:	250.04 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.1446 , 124.191
Event Date:	24 Oct 2019 13:38 UTC 24 Oct 2019 21:38 Local
Exposed Population:	1990000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000624h
Inserted at:	24 Oct 2019 13:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000624h	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1275933		0	24 Oct 2019 13:38	5.6M, 250.04km	N/A	2 million (in 100km)		00:14	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 Sulawesi Utara (population 2,665,773) . The nearest places are Nonapan, Ongkau, Nanasi, Majaan, Tenga, Lombagin, Motoling, Lolak, Elusan, Solok, and Manado.

Radius	Population
100 km	2 million people
75 km	1.1 million people
50 km	460000 people
20 km	39000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Nonapan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Ongkau	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Nanasi	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Majaan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Tenga	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Lombagin	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Motoling	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Lolak	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Elusan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Solok	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Tarout	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Labuan-uki	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Tumani	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Modoindi	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Kotamobagu	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Koemoe	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Tumpaan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Sampaka	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Popontolen	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Ronoketang	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Bongkoedai	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Pusian	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Timor	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Tanahwangko	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Liwoetoeng	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Kutabunan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Kinolontagan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Telaga	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Rototok	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Kawangkoan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Sonder	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Sangkup	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Ratahan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Manado	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Major city	450000 people	82 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
Sam Ratulangi	MDC	80	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Amurang		Indonesia	41 km
Teluk Totok		Indonesia	65 km
Manado	IDMDC	Indonesia	82 km

More information

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