M 4.8 in Indonesia on 08 Dec 2018 04:02 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: 4.8M
Depth: 40.83 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.1142 , 101.5732
Event Date: 08 Dec 2018 04:02 UTC
08 Dec 2018 11:02 Local
Exposed Population:
630000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000i4xp
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2018 04:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000i4xp Scaled population (vector) 4.8  
  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
1240404 0 08 Dec 2018 04:02 4.8M, 40.83km N/A 640 thousand (in 100km) 00:28 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 640000 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
Bengkulu Indonesia 1.3 million people
Sumatera Selatan Indonesia 6.6 million people
Sumatera Barat Indonesia 4.3 million people
Jambi Indonesia 2.2 million people
Lampung Indonesia 6.5 million people
Riau Indonesia 3.5 million people
Jawa Barat Indonesia 38.1 million people

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 89 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Bengkulu IDBKS Indonesia 85 km

More information

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