Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 21 Mar 2017 13:13 UTC

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:	5.3M
Depth:	47.87 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.0379 , 104.3725
Event Date:	21 Mar 2017 13:13 UTC 21 Mar 2017 20:13 Local
Exposed Population:	340000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008tj0
Inserted at:	21 Mar 2017 14:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
us20008tj0	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1161299		0.2	21 Mar 2017 13:13	5.2M, 60.62km	N/A	170 thousand (in 100km)		00:22	NEIC
1161308		0.3	21 Mar 2017 13:13	5.3M, 47.87km	N/A	340 thousand (in 100km)		00:58	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 Lampung (population 6,459,217) . The nearest places are Belimbing, Bandaragung, Waiharoe, Tjampang, Tampang, Kotodjawa, Karangberak, Bengkunat, Guring, Sawangbalak, and Negeriratoe.

Radius	Population
100 km	170000 people
75 km	22000 people
50 km	6700 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Lampung	Indonesia	6.5 million people
Jawa Barat	Indonesia	38.1 million people
Sumatera Selatan	Indonesia	6.6 million people
Bengkulu	Indonesia	1.3 million people
Jakarta Raya	Indonesia	8.8 million people
Jambi	Indonesia	2.2 million people
Jawa Tengah	Indonesia	30.7 million people
Christmas I.	Christmas Island	-

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Belimbing	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Bandaragung	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Waiharoe	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Tjampang	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Tampang	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Kotodjawa	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Karangberak	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Bengkunat	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Guring	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Sawangbalak	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Negeriratoe	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	66 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
Teluk Semangka		Indonesia	71 km

More information

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