Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 28 Apr 2017 05:00 UTC

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M 4.5 in Indonesia on 28 Apr 2017 05:00 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.5M
Depth:	113.67 Km
Lat/Lon:	-8.9407 , 122.9882
Event Date:	28 Apr 2017 05:00 UTC 28 Apr 2017 13:00 Local
Exposed Population:	630000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008li6
Inserted at:	28 Apr 2017 05:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
us10008li6	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
1165635		n.a	28 Apr 2017 05:00	4.5M, 113.67km	N/A	640 thousand (in 100km)		00:35	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 Nusa Tenggara Timur (population 3,515,623) . The nearest places are Kloreamang, Lamawolo, Lewotobi, Liko, Tabana, Tapowolo, Nobo, Aplame, Wotanglolong, Balawelin, and Talibura.

Radius	Population
100 km	640000 people
75 km	290000 people
50 km	42000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	3.5 million people
Timor-Leste	Timor-Leste	860000 people
Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	7.3 million people
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people
Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	1.5 million people
Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	3.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kloreamang	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Lamawolo	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Lewotobi	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Liko	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Tabana	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Tapowolo	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Nobo	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Aplame	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Wotanglolong	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Balawelin	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Koekoewerang	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Lewohajong	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Kedang	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Watoedirang	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Lamakera	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Lamararap	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Nangahale	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Werangdetoeng	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Throng	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Wairunu	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Lamanuna	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Kringa	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Hebing	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Lewotobi	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Larantaka	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Wailebe	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Doreng	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Hitokalak	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Oka	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Boleng	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km
Talibura	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	70 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
Larantuka	LKA	unknown				0	66 km
Lewoleba	LWE	unknown				0	76 km
Wai Oti	MOF	35	Civ.	Paved	No	6000	89 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Larantuka		Indonesia	65 km
Lomblen Island		Indonesia	72 km
Maumere	IDMOF	Indonesia	94 km

More information

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