M 4.5 in Indonesia on 17 Jan 2018 18:19 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: 18.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.7559 , 138.3979
Event Date: 17 Jan 2018 18:19 UTC
18 Jan 2018 03:19 Local
Exposed Population:
270000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000cket
Inserted at: 17 Jan 2018 20:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000cket Scaled population (vector) 5.1  
  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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1194600 0 17 Jan 2018 18:19 4.5M, 18.1km N/A 270 thousand (in 100km) 02:30 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 Irian Jaya (population 1,752,571) . The nearest places are Alkmaar, Monu, Sabang, and Atat.

Radius Population
100 km 270000 people
75 km 100000 people
50 km 19000 people
20 km 3400 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Irian Jaya Indonesia 1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Alkmaar Papua Indonesia Village - 37 km
Monu Papua Indonesia Village - 38 km
Sabang Papua Indonesia Village - 43 km
Atat Papua Indonesia Village - 49 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
Ewer EWE unknown 0 88 km
Tiom TMY unknown 0 89 km
Wamena WMX 1550 Civ. Paved No 5400 95 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Agats Indonesia 97 km

More information

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