Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 06 Nov 2012 08:32 UTC

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M 4.7 in Indonesia on 06 Nov 2012 08:32 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:	-5.3258 , 101.838
Event Date:	06 Nov 2012 08:32 UTC 06 Nov 2012 15:32 Local
Exposed Population:	About 2000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usb000dl44
Inserted at:	06 Nov 2012 09:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usb000dl44	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
120690		0.5	06 Nov 2012 08:32	4.7M, 12.2km	N/A	2 thousand (in 100km)		01:21	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 Bengkulu (population 1,268,316) . The nearest places are Pahanuma, Kabue, Belowa, Taoabi, and Poelaudoea.

Radius	Population
100 km	3000 people
75 km	3000 people
50 km	1900 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bengkulu	Indonesia	1.3 million people
Sumatera Selatan	Indonesia	6.6 million people
Lampung	Indonesia	6.5 million people
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Jambi	Indonesia	2.2 million people
Jawa Barat	Indonesia	38.1 million people
Riau	Indonesia	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pahanuma	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Kabue	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Belowa	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Taoabi	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Poelaudoea	Lampung	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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