Overall Green Earthquake alert in Northern Sumatera, Indonesia on 22 Jul 2015 00:12 UTC

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M 4.5 in Northern Sumatera, Indonesia on 22 Jul 2015 00:12 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:	23.47 Km
Lat/Lon:	2.3242 , 96.2524
Event Date:	22 Jul 2015 00:12 UTC 22 Jul 2015 07:12 Local
Exposed Population:	102798 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	22 Jul 2015 00:45 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
1089173		0	22 Jul 2015 00:12	4.5M, 23.47km	N/A	100 thousand (in 100km)		00:32	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 Lubang, Naibos, Sinabang, Ballasetas, Ivabah, Abaja, Ai, Silingar, Kutainang, Tameng, and Datimun.

Radius	Population
100 km	110000 people
75 km	89000 people
50 km	55000 people
20 km	11000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Aceh	Indonesia	4.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lubang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	14 km
Naibos	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	21 km
Sinabang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Ballasetas	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Ivabah	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Abaja	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Ai	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Silingar	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Kutainang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Tameng	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Sinarung	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Bunan	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Datimun	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Sinabang	IDSNG	Indonesia	23 km

More information

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