M 4.5 in Indonesia on 02 Jan 2013 16:24 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: 4.5M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 3.9698 , 127.684
Event Date: 02 Jan 2013 16:24 UTC
03 Jan 2013 01:24 Local
Exposed Population:
About 41000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2013jxam
Inserted at: 02 Jan 2013 18:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us2013jxam 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
121746 0.5 02 Jan 2013 16:24 4.5M, 145km N/A 40 thousand (in 100km) 01:45 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 Sulawesi Utara (population 2,665,773) .

Radius Population
100 km 51000 people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Sulawesi Utara Indonesia 2.7 million people
Maluku Indonesia 2 million people
Southern Mindanao Philippines 4.5 million people
Central Mindanao Philippines 3.2 million people
Northern Mindanao Philippines 3.5 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Talaud Island Indonesia 93 km

More information

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