M 4.8 in Indonesia on 30 Oct 2015 01:59 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: 4.8M
Depth: 30.62 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.972 , 97.485
Event Date: 30 Oct 2015 01:59 UTC
30 Oct 2015 08:59 Local
Exposed Population:
758697 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 30 Oct 2015 02:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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
1104102 0.1 30 Oct 2015 01:59 4.8M, 30.62km N/A 760 thousand (in 100km) 00:27 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 Sumatera Utara (population 9,319,344) .

Radius Population
100 km 760000 people
75 km 760000 people
50 km 660000 people
20 km 140000 people
10 km 51000 people
5 km 6200 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Indonesia Sumatera Utara 9.3 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
Binaka 6 30 km
Gunungsitoli GNS unknown 36 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gunungsitoli Indonesia 37 km
Telukdalem Indonesia 58 km

More information

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