M 5 in Indonesia on 23 Mar 2019 08:02 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: 5.0M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.5857 , 102.4298
Event Date: 23 Mar 2019 08:02 UTC
23 Mar 2019 15:02 Local
Exposed Population:
800000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000jklj
Inserted at: 23 Mar 2019 08:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000jklj Scaled population (vector) 5.29  
  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
1253316 0 23 Mar 2019 08:02 5M, 35km N/A 810 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 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) . The nearest places are Pasartalo, Pasaralas, Pasarseluma, Pasarpino, Mana, Padjarboelan, Lubuklintang, Ngalam, Puguk, Masat, and Loeboektapi.

Radius Population
100 km 810000 people
75 km 210000 people
50 km 19000 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
Lampung Indonesia 6.5 million people
Jambi Indonesia 2.2 million people
Sumatera Barat Indonesia 4.3 million people
Jawa Barat Indonesia 38.1 million people
Riau Indonesia 3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pasartalo Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 46 km
Pasaralas Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 47 km
Pasarseluma Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 50 km
Pasarpino Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 53 km
Mana Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 54 km
Padjarboelan Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 55 km
Lubuklintang Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 59 km
Ngalam Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 59 km
Puguk Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 64 km
Masat Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 64 km
Kajulang Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 64 km
Pagaragung Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 65 km
Tandjungaur Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 65 km
Siabun Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 70 km
Loeboektapi Bengkulu 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
Padangkemiling BKS 15 Civ. Paved No 5900 81 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Alas Indonesia 47 km
Pino Indonesia 50 km
Manna Indonesia 53 km
Padang Guchi Indonesia 78 km
Bengkulu IDBKS Indonesia 95 km

More information

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