Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 04 Sep 2012 13:39 UTC

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M 4.7 in Indonesia on 04 Sep 2012 13:39 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:	4.7M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.53 , 119.971
Event Date:	04 Sep 2012 13:39 UTC 04 Sep 2012 21:39 Local
Exposed Population:	1090000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2012fcbb
Inserted at:	04 Sep 2012 15:55 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
us2012fcbb	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
119322		0.5	04 Sep 2012 13:39	4.7M, 47.5km	N/A	1.1 million (in 100km)		02:16	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 Sulawesi Tengah (population 1,832,441) . The nearest places are Marantale, Lemo, Uwentiro, Towaja, Labua, Toboli, Tawaeli, Toribulu, Oti, Taipa, and Simadjo.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.1 million people
75 km	960000 people
50 km	490000 people
20 km	39000 people
10 km	12000 people
5 km	2300 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Marantale	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	10 km
Lemo	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	14 km
Uwentiro	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	19 km
Towaja	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Labua	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Toboli	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	24 km
Tawaeli	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	25 km
Toribulu	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	25 km
Oti	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Taipa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Dongala	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Ombo	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Parigi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Rilanta	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Lende	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Kasimbar	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Palu	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	City	280000 people	43 km
Pasowe	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Ribamba	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Biromaru	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Magapa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Balane	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Dolo	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Potomoea	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Batoenondje	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Tindaki	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Meli	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Tada	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Dadi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Bamba Mua	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Pasaku	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Baja	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Popodi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Pontona	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Lambago	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Sibawi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Simadjo	Sulawesi Tengah	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
Mutiara	PLW	87	Civ.	Paved	No	6700	43 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Toboli		Indonesia	14 km
Pantoloan	IDPTL	Indonesia	23 km
Donggala		Indonesia	30 km
Palu		Indonesia	41 km

More information

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