Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 22 Oct 2019 19:15 UTC

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M 5.5 in Indonesia on 22 Oct 2019 19:15 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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.8922 , 138.238
Event Date:	22 Oct 2019 19:15 UTC 23 Oct 2019 04:15 Local
Exposed Population:	About 2000 people in MMI 190000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70005xa1
Inserted at:	24 Oct 2019 15:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70005xa1	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-1.73
	C2 shakemap	0.79
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.96

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1275701		0	22 Oct 2019 19:15	5.4M, 12.13km	6.08	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		02:01	NEIC
1275936		0	22 Oct 2019 19:15	5.5M, 10km	6.3	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 20:20	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 ,of Irian Jaya (population 332) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	2600 people
	8900 people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1275701	-2.904/138.254	5.4	12.1	6.134	22 Oct 2019 19:33	00:17	(new episode)
2	1275701	-2.904/138.254	5.4	12.1	6.134	22 Oct 2019 21:17	02:01	(upd of #1)
3	1275701	-2.904/138.254	5.4	12.1	6.084	23 Oct 2019 19:17	1d 00:02	(upd of #2)
4	1275936	-2.904/138.254	5.4	12.1	6.084	24 Oct 2019 15:33	1d 20:18	(new episode)
5	1275936	-2.892/138.238	5.5	10.0	6.301	24 Oct 2019 15:36	1d 20:20	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	2200 people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	8100 people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	61000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Atuoi	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Kasonaweja	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	71 km
Aboemaneh	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	76 km
Motorbivak	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	88 km
Dobo	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	88 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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