Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 01 Nov 2015 16:51 UTC

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M 4.5 in Indonesia on 01 Nov 2015 16:51 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:	36.72 Km
Lat/Lon:	-8.3663 , 124.9816
Event Date:	01 Nov 2015 16:51 UTC 02 Nov 2015 00:51 Local
Exposed Population:	728455 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Nov 2015 18:24 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
1104425		0	01 Nov 2015 16:51	4.5M, 36.72km	N/A	730 thousand (in 100km)		01:32	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 , Province of Nusa Tenggara Timur (population 3,515,623) . The nearest places are Dili, Erana, and Pureman.

Radius	Population
100 km	730000 people
75 km	370000 people
50 km	99000 people
20 km	37000 people
10 km	7400 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Erana	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	3 km
Pureman	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	4 km
Dili		Timor-Leste	Capital	160000 people	70 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
Maliana	MPT	unknown					22 km
Alor	ARD	unknown					29 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kalabahi		Indonesia	53 km
Alor Island		Indonesia	54 km

More information

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