Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 06 Jun 2020 23:50 UTC

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M 5.1 in Indonesia on 06 Jun 2020 23:50 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:	5.1M
Depth:	25.76 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.7045 , 97.1119
Event Date:	06 Jun 2020 23:50 UTC 07 Jun 2020 06:50 Local
Exposed Population:	360000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000a7ar
Inserted at:	07 Jun 2020 00:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000a7ar	Scaled population (vector)	5.38
	C1 earthquake	1.54
	C2 earthquake	-0.64
	Country Vulnerability	0.09
	INFORM_normalised	0.96

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1314441		0	06 Jun 2020 23:50	5.1M, 25.76km	N/A	360 thousand (in 100km)		00:18	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) . The nearest places are Faighunago, Sifahandro, Lahewa, Ladara, Dima, Afulu, Detna, and Ombolata.

Radius	Population
100 km	360000 people
75 km	200000 people
50 km	83000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	9.3 million people
Aceh	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Riau	Indonesia	3.5 million people
Perak	Malaysia	2.5 million people
Selangor	Malaysia	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Faighunago	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Sifahandro	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Lahewa	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Ladara	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Dima	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Afulu	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Detna	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Ombolata	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 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
Gunungsitoli	GNS	unknown				0	73 km
Binaka		6				0	89 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Gunungsitoli		Indonesia	71 km
Singkil		Indonesia	99 km

More information

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