M 5.1 in Indonesia on 16 Oct 2014 00:56 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: 25.87 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.06 , 97.26
Event Date: 16 Oct 2014 00:56 UTC
16 Oct 2014 07:56 Local
Exposed Population:
758568 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 16 Oct 2014 01:18 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
1062509 0.3 16 Oct 2014 00:56 5.1M, 25.87km N/A 760 thousand (in 100km) 00:21 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 760000 people
75 km 700000 people
50 km 310000 people
20 km 25000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no 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 46 km
Binaka 6 50 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gunungsitoli Indonesia 45 km
Telukdalem Indonesia 83 km

More information

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