Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 27 Jul 2017 19:24 UTC

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M 5.1 in Indonesia on 27 Jul 2017 19:24 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:	5.1M
Depth:	51.57 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.4121 , 101.9395
Event Date:	27 Jul 2017 19:24 UTC 28 Jul 2017 02:24 Local
Exposed Population:	660000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000a1vu
Inserted at:	27 Jul 2017 19:41 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
us2000a1vu	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
1175551		0.3	27 Jul 2017 19:24	5.1M, 51.57km	N/A	660 thousand (in 100km)		00:16	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 Ngalam, Pondokkapoer, Kandan, Pasarseluma, and Siabun.

Radius	Population
100 km	660000 people
75 km	450000 people
50 km	no 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
Jambi	Indonesia	2.2 million people
Lampung	Indonesia	6.5 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
Ngalam	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Pondokkapoer	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Kandan	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Pasarseluma	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km
Siabun	Bengkulu	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
Padangkemiling	BKS	15	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	72 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bengkulu	IDBKS	Indonesia	78 km
Alas		Indonesia	91 km

More information

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