M 4.7 in Indonesia on 16 Oct 2016 10:30 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: 4.7M
Depth: 60.25 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.4751 , 139.2784
Event Date: 16 Oct 2016 10:30 UTC
16 Oct 2016 19:30 Local
Exposed Population:
300796 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20007ejp
Inserted at: 16 Oct 2016 10:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007ejp 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1142999 0 16 Oct 2016 10:30 4.7M, 60.25km N/A 300 thousand (in 100km) 00:20 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 and Kelila.

Radius Population
100 km 300000 people
75 km 120000 people
50 km 46000 people
20 km 6000 people
10 km 1900 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Irian Jaya Indonesia 1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kelila Papua Indonesia Village - 60 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
Apalapsili AAS unknown 0 49 km
Bokondini BUI unknown 0 75 km
Wamena WMX 1550 Civ. Paved No 5400 78 km
Lereh LHI unknown 0 79 km

More information

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