Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 30 Mar 2017 08:51 UTC

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M 4.9 in Indonesia on 30 Mar 2017 08:51 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:	59.04 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.3911 , 102.362
Event Date:	30 Mar 2017 08:51 UTC 30 Mar 2017 15:51 Local
Exposed Population:	930000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008d92
Inserted at:	30 Mar 2017 09:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.2		0.2
us10008d92	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
1162238		0.2	30 Mar 2017 08:51	4.9M, 59.04km	N/A	940 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 Bengkulu (population 1,268,316) . The nearest places are Pasarseluma, Ngalam, Pasartalo, Lubuklintang, Pasaralas, Puguk, Siabun, Padjarboelan, Kandan, Lubukkajuara, and Loeboektapi.

Radius	Population
100 km	940000 people
75 km	690000 people
50 km	94000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bengkulu	Indonesia	1.3 million people
Sumatera Selatan	Indonesia	6.6 million people
Lampung	Indonesia	6.5 million people
Jambi	Indonesia	2.2 million people
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Riau	Indonesia	3.5 million people
Jawa Barat	Indonesia	38.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pasarseluma	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Ngalam	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Pasartalo	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Lubuklintang	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Pasaralas	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Puguk	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Siabun	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Padjarboelan	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Kandan	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Lubukkajuara	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Pondokkapoer	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Pagaragung	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Pasarpino	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Kajulang	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Pekansaptoe	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Sukarame	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Mana	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Kebonros	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Kembangnadar	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Bangkahulu	Bengkulu	Indonesia	City	310000 people	66 km
Masat	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Boekitkaboe	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Loeboektapi	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	69 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
Padangkemiling	BKS	15	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	59 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Alas		Indonesia	44 km
Pino		Indonesia	54 km
Manna		Indonesia	57 km
Bengkulu	IDBKS	Indonesia	72 km
Padang Guchi		Indonesia	88 km

More information

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