M 5.5 in Indonesia on 28 Aug 2018 18:36 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: 5.5M
Depth: 61.73 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.9655 , 110.2167
Event Date: 28 Aug 2018 18:36 UTC
29 Aug 2018 01:36 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000gj2a
Inserted at: 28 Aug 2018 18:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000gj2a Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1226159 0 28 Aug 2018 18:36 5.5M, 61.73km 3.47 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 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 Yogyakarta (population 3,133,386) .

Radius Population
100 km 1500 people
75 km no 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
Yogyakarta Indonesia 3.1 million people
Jawa Tengah Indonesia 30.7 million people
Jawa Timur Indonesia 33 million people
Jawa Barat Indonesia 38.1 million people
Jakarta Raya Indonesia 8.8 million people
Bali Indonesia 3 million people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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