Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 09 Oct 2012 04:41 UTC

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M 4.6 in Indonesia on 09 Oct 2012 04:41 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:	4.6M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	4.8558 , 96.5435
Event Date:	09 Oct 2012 04:41 UTC 09 Oct 2012 11:41 Local
Exposed Population:	2060000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc000d4gi
Inserted at:	09 Oct 2012 05:04 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000d4gi	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
120118		0.5	09 Oct 2012 04:41	4.6M, 54.2km	N/A	2.1 million (in 100km)		00:22	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 , Special Region of Aceh (population 4,307,539) . The nearest places are Semelet, User, Pamene, Brawanggadjah, Blangrakal, Lampahan, Carak, Pepajoengeun, Koeala Asan, Jeunieb, and Tanjong.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.2 million people
75 km	980000 people
50 km	590000 people
20 km	10000 people
10 km	2700 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Aceh	Indonesia	4.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Semelet	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	8 km
User	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	8 km
Pamene	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	17 km
Brawanggadjah	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	19 km
Blangrakal	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Lampahan	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Carak	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Pepajoengeun	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Koeala Asan	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Jeunieb	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Djambo	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Reuenigeuet	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Bleue	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Tingkeum	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Aneegeutah	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Bireuen	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Takengon	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Beutong	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Lhok Kuala	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Culeegle	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Meuko	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Gunci	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Cemparan	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Lamkeumala	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Boega	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Diambo	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Glecut	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Gledangang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Madreng	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Isak	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Binbang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Tutut	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Meukopeunajan	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Mbang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Meukokrueng	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Bivak Roeser	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Krueng Geukuh	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Lenang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Sipot	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Keude Seumot	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Tandjung Meulaboh	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Keude Tangse	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Tanjong	Aceh	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)	Distance
Malikus Saleh		26	61 km
Lhok Sukon	LSX	8	83 km
Padang Panjang		3	95 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Samalanga		Indonesia	45 km
Kuala Njong		Indonesia	65 km
Lhokseumawe		Indonesia	75 km
Sigli		Indonesia	86 km
Meulaboh	IDMEQ	Indonesia	91 km

More information

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