M 5.1 in Indonesia on 22 Feb 2014 17:27 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: 21.53 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.0732 , 97.2105
Event Date: 22 Feb 2014 17:27 UTC
23 Feb 2014 00:27 Local
Exposed Population:
758568 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 22 Feb 2014 18:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1042156 0 22 Feb 2014 17:29 5.4M, 39.7km N/A 780 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 NEIC
1042159 0.3 22 Feb 2014 17:27 5.1M, 21.53km N/A 760 thousand (in 100km) 00:38 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 780000 people
75 km 590000 people
50 km 300000 people
20 km 60000 people
10 km 20000 people
5 km 6700 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Indonesia Sumatera Utara 9.3 million people
Indonesia Aceh 4.3 million people

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
Gunungsitoli GNS unknown 35 km
Binaka 6 46 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gunungsitoli Indonesia 34 km
Telukdalem Indonesia 95 km

More information

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