Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 05 Apr 2015 17:27 UTC

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M 4.6 in Indonesia on 05 Apr 2015 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:	4.6M
Depth:	15.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.8859 , 120.3758
Event Date:	05 Apr 2015 17:27 UTC 06 Apr 2015 01:27 Local
Exposed Population:	1114755 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	05 Apr 2015 20:27 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
1075648		0	05 Apr 2015 17:27	4.6M, 15.9km	N/A	1.1 million (in 100km)		02:59	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 Tengah (population 1,832,441) . The nearest places are Lambago, Tindaki, Sausu, Ribamba, Parigi, Pabengko, Kalora, Toboli, Pontona, and Uwentiro.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.2 million people
75 km	1.1 million people
50 km	130000 people
20 km	40000 people
10 km	5600 people
5 km	1700 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lambago	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	5 km
Tindaki	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	15 km
Sausu	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Ribamba	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	19 km
Parigi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Pabengko	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Kalora	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Toboli	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Pontona	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Uwentiro	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	48 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
Mutiara	PLW	87	Civ.	Paved	No	6700	52 km
Kasiguncu		53	Civ.	Paved	No	3600	64 km
Poso	PSJ	unknown				0	65 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Toboli		Indonesia	48 km
Palu		Indonesia	59 km
Poso	IDPSJ	Indonesia	66 km
Pantoloan	IDPTL	Indonesia	68 km
Donggala		Indonesia	78 km

More information

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