Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 09 Nov 2012 15:07 UTC

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M 5.3 in Indonesia on 09 Nov 2012 15:07 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:	5.3M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-7.9344 , 117.624
Event Date:	09 Nov 2012 15:07 UTC 09 Nov 2012 23:07 Local
Exposed Population:	550000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc000dpux
Inserted at:	09 Nov 2012 15:31 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000dpux	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
120758		0.5	09 Nov 2012 15:07	5.3M, 30.9km	N/A	550 thousand (in 100km)		00:23	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 Nusa Tenggara Barat (population 3,624,042) . The nearest places are Miro, Arongsantek, Pekat, Idjok, Mintaoe Nae, Sumbawa Besar, Lopok, and Pato Pedoe.

Radius	Population
100 km	590000 people
75 km	260000 people
50 km	19000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	3.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Miro	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Arongsantek	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Pekat	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Idjok	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Mintaoe Nae	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Sumbawa Besar	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Lopok	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Pato Pedoe	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	69 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)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Sumbawa Besar		5	Civ.	Paved	No	4700	66 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tambora		Indonesia	57 km
Sumbawa	IDSWQ	Indonesia	63 km

More information

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