M 5.4 in Indonesia on 29 Sep 2015 23:20 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: 5.4M
Depth: 19 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.5962 , 140.1994
Event Date: 29 Sep 2015 23:20 UTC
30 Sep 2015 08:20 Local
Exposed Population: 280000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 30 Sep 2015 01:03 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
1100037 0.4 29 Sep 2015 23:20 5.5M, 45.15km 4.42 290 thousand (in 100km) 00:21 NEIC
1100045 0.3 29 Sep 2015 23:20 5.4M, 19km 5.64 290 thousand (in 100km) 01:42 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 Genjem.

Radius Population
100 km 290000 people
75 km 260000 people
50 km 54000 people
20 km 17000 people
10 km 10000 people
5 km 5900 people
2 km <1000 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
Genjem Papua Indonesia Village - 3 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
Sentani DJJ 89 Civ. Paved Yes 7100 35 km
Lereh LHI unknown 68 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Demta Indonesia 27 km
Jayapura IDDJJ Indonesia 55 km
Djajapura Indonesia 58 km

More information

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