Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 10 Aug 2016 20:34 UTC

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M 4.5 in Indonesia on 10 Aug 2016 20:34 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:	61.05 Km
Lat/Lon:	4.7153 , 126.771
Event Date:	10 Aug 2016 20:34 UTC 11 Aug 2016 04:34 Local
Exposed Population:	202981 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006cqy
Inserted at:	11 Aug 2016 13:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006cqy	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
1136289		0	10 Aug 2016 20:34	4.5M, 50.66km	N/A	200 thousand (in 100km)		03:04	NEIC
1136345		0	10 Aug 2016 20:34	4.5M, 61.05km	N/A	200 thousand (in 100km)		16:52	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 Sulawesi Utara (population 2,665,773) . The nearest places are Mamahan, Gemeh, Esang, Apan, Dampoelis, Lobo, Tabang, Beo, Pulutan, and Tarohan.

Radius	Population
100 km	200000 people
75 km	130000 people
50 km	60000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mamahan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Gemeh	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Esang	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Apan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Dampoelis	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Lobo	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Tabang	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Beo	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Pulutan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Tarohan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Talaud Island	Indonesia	43 km
Beo	Indonesia	56 km
Lirung	Indonesia	88 km

More information

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