M 4.8 in Indonesia on 01 Jan 2013 20:05 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: 4.8M
Depth: 38.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.378 , 96.1747
Event Date: 01 Jan 2013 20:05 UTC
02 Jan 2013 03:05 Local
Exposed Population:
190000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000ei8l
Inserted at: 01 Jan 2013 22:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000ei8l 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
121736 0.5 01 Jan 2013 20:05 4.8M, 38.3km N/A 190 thousand (in 100km) 02:06 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 90000 people
75 km 90000 people
50 km 63000 people
20 km 4900 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Indonesia Aceh 4.3 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Sinabang IDSNG Indonesia 28 km

More information

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