Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 01 Sep 2016 20:04 UTC

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M 5.8 in Indonesia on 01 Sep 2016 20:04 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:	24.32 Km
Lat/Lon:	0.5795 , 98.5337
Event Date:	01 Sep 2016 20:04 UTC 02 Sep 2016 03:04 Local
Exposed Population:	510000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006jg1
Inserted at:	01 Sep 2016 20:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006jg1	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
1138622		0	01 Sep 2016 20:04	5.8M, 24.32km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:23	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) . The nearest places are Lambak, Labuhanrima, Taboejoeng, Natal, Balari, and Singkuang.

Radius	Population
100 km	520000 people
75 km	54000 people
50 km	1500 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	9.3 million people
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Riau	Indonesia	3.5 million people
Aceh	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Jambi	Indonesia	2.2 million people
Selangor	Malaysia	3.5 million people
Negeri Sembilan	Malaysia	800000 people
Melaka	Malaysia	640000 people
Bengkulu	Indonesia	1.3 million people
Perak	Malaysia	2.5 million people
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1.1 million people
Johor	Malaysia	2.3 million people
Pahang	Malaysia	1.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lambak	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Labuhanrima	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Taboejoeng	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Natal	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Balari	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Singkuang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Pini Island	Indonesia	47 km
Tabuyung	Indonesia	57 km
Telo	Indonesia	76 km
Telukdalem	Indonesia	80 km

More information

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