Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 24 Aug 2016 13:48 UTC

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M 5.8 in Indonesia on 24 Aug 2016 13:48 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:	5.8M
Depth:	17.15 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.9567 , 100.0549
Event Date:	24 Aug 2016 13:48 UTC 24 Aug 2016 20:48 Local
Exposed Population:	About 38000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006gf0
Inserted at:	24 Aug 2016 14:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006gf0	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
1137693		0	24 Aug 2016 13:48	5.8M, 17.15km	4.92	40 thousand (in 100km)		00:23	NEIC

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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 Barat (population 4,301,938) . The nearest places are Sabeugukgung, Beleratsok, Silaoinan, Seai, Bahatmonga, Bulasat, Tapuraukat, Mapoupou, Taikaguru, and Pinempet.

Radius	Population
100 km	39000 people
75 km	29000 people
50 km	25000 people
20 km	3300 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	4.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sabeugukgung	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Beleratsok	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	17 km
Silaoinan	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Seai	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Bahatmonga	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Bulasat	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Tapuraukat	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Mapoupou	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Taikaguru	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Pinempet	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
North Pagai Island		Indonesia	21 km
South Pagai Island		Indonesia	38 km

More information

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