M 5 in Indonesia on 17 Oct 2012 19:38 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: 35.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.3011 , 97.229
Event Date: 17 Oct 2012 19:38 UTC
18 Oct 2012 02:38 Local
Exposed Population:
750000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000d7sc
Inserted at: 17 Oct 2012 20:08 UTC

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000d7sc 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
120283 0.5 17 Oct 2012 19:38 5M, 35.2km N/A 750 thousand (in 100km) 00:29 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 Sumatera Utara (population 9,319,344) .

Radius Population
100 km 760000 people
75 km 480000 people
50 km 240000 people
20 km 58000 people
10 km 17000 people
5 km 4500 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Indonesia Sumatera Utara 9.3 million people
Indonesia Aceh 4.3 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
Gunungsitoli GNS unknown 41 km
Binaka 6 53 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gunungsitoli Indonesia 39 km

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.