Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 08 Sep 2012 16:31 UTC

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M 4.7 in Indonesia on 08 Sep 2012 16:31 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:	34.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.3639 , 135.482
Event Date:	08 Sep 2012 16:31 UTC 09 Sep 2012 01:31 Local
Exposed Population:	About 82000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc000cj0d
Inserted at:	08 Sep 2012 17:02 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000cj0d	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
119464		0.5	08 Sep 2012 16:31	4.7M, 34.3km	N/A	80 thousand (in 100km)		00:31	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 Irian Jaya (population 1,752,571) .

Radius	Population
100 km	84000 people
75 km	67000 people
50 km	36000 people
20 km	17000 people
10 km	15000 people
5 km	14000 people
2 km	13000 people

Affected Provinces

	Country	Region Province	Population
	Indonesia	Irian Jaya	1.8 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
Nabire	NBX	10	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	1 km
Mulia	LII	unknown					76 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kwatisore		Indonesia	63 km

More information

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