M 5.7 in Indonesia on 20 Apr 2012 23:14 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: 5.7M
Depth: 25 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.2389 , 93.3996
Event Date: 20 Apr 2012 23:14 UTC
21 Apr 2012 05:14 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc00098ln
Inserted at: 21 Apr 2012 00:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usc00098ln Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
116341 0 20 Apr 2012 23:14 6.1M, 34.3km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:17 NEIC
116342 0 20 Apr 2012 23:14 5.7M, 25km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 01:25 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) .

Radius Population
100 km no 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
Aceh Indonesia 4.3 million people
Sumatera Utara Indonesia 9.3 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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