Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 14 Jul 2017 10:12 UTC

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M 4.5 in Indonesia on 14 Jul 2017 10:12 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:	4.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.4208 , 99.1676
Event Date:	14 Jul 2017 10:12 UTC 14 Jul 2017 17:12 Local
Exposed Population:	1920000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20009wac
Inserted at:	14 Jul 2017 11:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20009wac	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
1173809		0	14 Jul 2017 10:12	4.5M, 10km	N/A	1.9 million (in 100km)		01:43	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 Sumatera Utara (population 9,319,344) . The nearest places are Marancar, Padangsidempuan, Batangtoroe, Siondop, Pargaroetan, Sibarabara, Sipirok, Lumut, Pintupadang, Simangoemban, and Tarutung.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.9 million people
75 km	1.4 million people
50 km	830000 people
20 km	360000 people
10 km	16000 people
5 km	4500 people
2 km	1500 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	9.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Marancar	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	11 km
Padangsidempuan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	City	-	13 km
Batangtoroe	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	14 km
Siondop	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	17 km
Pargaroetan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	19 km
Sibarabara	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Sipirok	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	24 km
Lumut	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Pintupadang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Simangoemban	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Djamboertorop	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Sidjorang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Sialang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Sajoermatinggi	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Sawongon	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Sipoepoes	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Sosopan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Huta-aekgodang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Sarulla	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Aeknabara	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Pagaranpanindoan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Koealabatangtoroe	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Sialang-baru	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Simandiangin-lombang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Halangan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Aekbadak	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Singkuang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Rantaupandjang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Sipagimbar	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Gunungtua	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Mandalasena	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Hoetabargot	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Onanhasang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Pancurnatolu	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Sibolga	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	79000 people	55 km
Partibi-djulu	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Siabu	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Adiankoting	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Panoenggoelan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Pangirkiran	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Pangaribuan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Aeknabara	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Hoetaimbaroe	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Hoetapeaomboen	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Taboejoeng	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Binanga	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Tarutung	Sumatera Utara	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
Aek Godang	AEG	280				0	30 km
Pinangsore		10				0	34 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Sibolga	IDSLG	Indonesia	58 km
Tabuyung		Indonesia	67 km

More information

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