M 4.5 in Indonesia on 08 Oct 2012 13:10 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: 4.5M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.4899 , 129.329
Event Date: 08 Oct 2012 13:10 UTC
08 Oct 2012 22:10 Local
Exposed Population:
About 6000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2012glas
Inserted at: 08 Oct 2012 14:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us2012glas 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
120106 0.5 08 Oct 2012 13:10 4.5M, 35km N/A 6 thousand (in 100km) 01:26 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 Maluku (population 1,991,398) .

Radius Population
100 km 5800 people
75 km 5800 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Indonesia Maluku 2 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
Bandanaira NDA unknown 60 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Pulau Naira Indonesia 60 km

More information

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