M 5.6 in Indonesia on 15 Apr 2020 21:03 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: 5.6M
Depth: 29.12 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.1174 , 126.6988
Event Date: 15 Apr 2020 21:03 UTC
16 Apr 2020 06:03 Local
Exposed Population: 380000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70008x2q
Inserted at: 16 Apr 2020 21:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70008x2q 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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1305756 0 15 Apr 2020 21:03 5.6M, 29.12km 3.78 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1305756 1.117/126.699 5.6 29.1 3.784 15 Apr 2020 22:40 01:37 (new episode)
2 0 1305756 1.117/126.699 5.6 29.1 3.784 15 Apr 2020 22:43 01:39 (upd of #1)
3 0 1305756 1.117/126.699 5.6 29.1 3.784 15 Apr 2020 23:06 02:02 (upd of #2)
4 0 1305756 1.117/126.699 5.6 29.1 3.784 16 Apr 2020 21:06 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces


Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pasirputih Palau Village - 45 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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