M 4.6 in Indonesia on 14 Apr 2014 16:16 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: 4.6M
Depth: 94.67 Km
Lat/Lon: 3.862 , 96.7433
Event Date: 14 Apr 2014 16:16 UTC
14 Apr 2014 23:16 Local
Exposed Population:
853500 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 14 Apr 2014 18:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
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
1046924 -1 14 Apr 2014 16:16 4.6M, 94.67km N/A 850 thousand (in 100km) 01:53 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 , Special Region of Aceh (population 4,307,539) . The nearest places are and Kutabahagia.

Radius Population
100 km 850000 people
75 km 540000 people
50 km 250000 people
20 km 110000 people
10 km 13000 people
5 km 6100 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Aceh Indonesia 4.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kutabahagia Aceh Indonesia Village - 5 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
Padang Panjang 3 58 km
Tapaktuan TPK unknown 82 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Susoh IDSUS Indonesia 16 km
Meulaboh IDMEQ Indonesia 74 km

More information

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