Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 12 Aug 2016 18:20 UTC

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M 5.4 in Indonesia on 12 Aug 2016 18:20 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:	46.42 Km
Lat/Lon:	-9.6192 , 119.9425
Event Date:	12 Aug 2016 18:20 UTC 13 Aug 2016 02:20 Local
Exposed Population:	701037 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006dd8
Inserted at:	13 Aug 2016 16:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006dd8	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
1136484		0	12 Aug 2016 18:20	5.4M, 57.73km	N/A	650 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	NEIC
1136564		0	12 Aug 2016 18:20	5.4M, 46.42km	N/A	700 thousand (in 100km)		21:45	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 Lewa, Kalimbaloe, Makamenggit, Kamboeratoe, Tanahkadoengkoe, Praitoroe, Militaboeng, Kambaroe, Omatena, and Soroe.

Radius	Population
100 km	650000 people
75 km	530000 people
50 km	310000 people
20 km	60000 people
10 km	17000 people
5 km	5100 people
2 km	1400 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
Lewa	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	6 km
Kalimbaloe	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	10 km
Makamenggit	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	12 km
Kamboeratoe	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Tanahkadoengkoe	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Praitoroe	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Militaboeng	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Kambaroe	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Omatena	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Soroe	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km

see full list

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
Waingapu	WGP	12	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	41 km
Tambolaka	TMC	49				0	85 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Waingapu	IDWGP	Indonesia	36 km
Memboro		Indonesia	57 km
Melolo		Indonesia	79 km

More information

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