M 4.7 in Indonesia on 25 Aug 2015 23:30 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: 4.7M
Depth: 50.35 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.0607 , 135.4603
Event Date: 25 Aug 2015 23:30 UTC
26 Aug 2015 08:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 70868 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 26 Aug 2015 00:00 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1093282 0 25 Aug 2015 23:30 4.7M, 50.35km N/A 70 thousand (in 100km) 00:29 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 Irian Jaya (population 1,752,571) . The nearest places are and Pegai.

Radius Population
100 km 71000 people
75 km 40000 people
50 km 27000 people
20 km 2700 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Irian Jaya Indonesia 1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pegai Papua Indonesia Village - 19 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
Moanamani ONI unknown 70 km
Nabire NBX 10 Civ. Paved No 4500 76 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Wanapiri Indonesia 64 km

More information

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