M 4.6 in Indonesia on 17 Mar 2016 14:00 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: 4.6M
Depth: 29.22 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.0093 , 97.4662
Event Date: 17 Mar 2016 14:00 UTC
17 Mar 2016 21:00 Local
Exposed Population:
744245 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 17 Mar 2016 21:15 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
1122634 0 17 Mar 2016 14:00 4.6M, 29.22km N/A 740 thousand (in 100km) 07:14 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 740000 people
75 km 770000 people
50 km 610000 people
20 km 110000 people
10 km 35000 people
5 km 5600 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 33 km
Gunungsitoli GNS unknown 36 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gunungsitoli Indonesia 36 km
Telukdalem Indonesia 64 km

More information

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