M 5.5 in Indonesia on 14 Nov 2019 23:17 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: 32.51 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.5957 , 126.3515
Event Date: 14 Nov 2019 23:17 UTC
15 Nov 2019 08:17 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60006bse
Inserted at: 18 Nov 2019 06:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60006bse Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1278780 0 14 Nov 2019 23:17 5.5M, 40.74km 3.83 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:21 NEIC
1278781 0 14 Nov 2019 23:17 5.5M, 28.64km 3.94 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:02 NEIC
1278799 0 14 Nov 2019 23:17 5.5M, 32.51km 3.93 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 3d 07:06 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1278780 1.624/126.366 5.5 40.7 3.831 14 Nov 2019 23:39 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1278781 1.624/126.366 5.5 40.7 3.831 14 Nov 2019 23:43 00:26 (new episode)
3 0 1278781 1.617/126.359 5.5 28.6 3.937 14 Nov 2019 23:51 00:34 (upd of #2)
4 0 1278781 1.617/126.359 5.5 28.6 3.937 15 Nov 2019 01:20 02:02 (upd of #3)
5 0 1278799 1.617/126.359 5.5 28.6 3.937 15 Nov 2019 01:57 02:40 (new episode)
6 0 1278799 1.596/126.352 5.5 32.5 3.931 15 Nov 2019 01:59 02:41 (upd of #5)
7 0 1278799 1.596/126.352 5.5 32.5 3.897 15 Nov 2019 23:20 1d 00:02 (upd of #6)
8 0 1278799 1.601/126.35 5.5 27.6 3.932 18 Nov 2019 06:23 3d 07:06 (upd of #7)

Affected Provinces


Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pasirputih Palau Village - 30 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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