Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 17 Oct 2017 13:30 UTC

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M 4.6 in Indonesia on 17 Oct 2017 13:30 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:	4.6M
Depth:	50.03 Km
Lat/Lon:	3.8297 , 95.8041
Event Date:	17 Oct 2017 13:30 UTC 17 Oct 2017 20:30 Local
Exposed Population:	520000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000at97
Inserted at:	17 Oct 2017 14:32 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us1000at97	Scaled population (vector)	5.33
	C1 earthquake	1.54
	C2 earthquake	-0.64
	Country Vulnerability	0.09
	INFORM_normalised	0.96

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1184273		0	17 Oct 2017 13:30	4.6M, 50.03km	N/A	520 thousand (in 100km)		01:01	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 , Special Region of Aceh (population 4,307,539) . The nearest places are Meulaboh, Suak Keumude, Meuneumbo, Peureumeue, Cotme, Suak Uleue, Sikandang, Kuala Bhee, and Kulu.

Radius	Population
100 km	520000 people
75 km	360000 people
50 km	12000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Aceh	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	9.3 million people
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	300000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Meulaboh	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	35000 people	49 km
Suak Keumude	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Meuneumbo	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Peureumeue	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Cotme	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Suak Uleue	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Sikandang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Kuala Bhee	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Kulu	Aceh	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
Padang Panjang		3				0	56 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Meulaboh	IDMEQ	Indonesia	51 km
Teluk Rigaih		Indonesia	91 km

More information

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