Overall Green Earthquake alert in Southern Sumatera, Indonesia on 23 Nov 2014 08:23 UTC

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M 4.5 in Southern Sumatera, Indonesia on 23 Nov 2014 08:23 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:	4.5M
Depth:	63.99 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.54 , 102.72
Event Date:	23 Nov 2014 08:23 UTC 23 Nov 2014 15:23 Local
Exposed Population:	922668 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	23 Nov 2014 09:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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
1065404		0	23 Nov 2014 08:23	4.5M, 63.99km	N/A	920 thousand (in 100km)		00:36	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 Bengkulu (population 1,268,316) .

Radius	Population
100 km	920000 people
75 km	270000 people
50 km	140000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bengkulu	Indonesia	1.3 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
Padangkemiling	BKS	15	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	86 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Pino	Indonesia	20 km
Manna	Indonesia	23 km
Alas	Indonesia	25 km

More information

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