Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 18 Sep 2016 00:53 UTC

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M 4.9 in Indonesia on 18 Sep 2016 00:53 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:	4.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-1.989 , 140.4944
Event Date:	18 Sep 2016 00:53 UTC 18 Sep 2016 09:53 Local
Exposed Population:	413548 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006qju
Inserted at:	18 Sep 2016 01:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006qju	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
1140268		0	18 Sep 2016 00:53	4.9M, 10km	N/A	410 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	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 Irian Jaya (population 1,752,571) . The nearest places are Jafase, Sapari, Wari, Depapre, Bukisi, Demta, Dazai, Nefaar, Jayapura, and Berap.

Radius	Population
100 km	420000 people
75 km	390000 people
50 km	1400 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	1.8 million people
West Sepik	Papua New Guinea	140000 people
East Sepik	Papua New Guinea	280000 people
Western	Papua New Guinea	100000 people
Southern Highlands	Papua New Guinea	320000 people
Enga	Papua New Guinea	190000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Jafase	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Sapari	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Wari	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Depapre	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Bukisi	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Demta	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Dazai	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Nefaar	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Jayapura	Papua	Indonesia	City	-	62 km
Berap	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km

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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
Sentani	DJJ	89	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7100	61 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Demta		Indonesia	52 km
Djajapura		Indonesia	62 km
Jayapura	IDDJJ	Indonesia	69 km

More information

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