Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 03 Mar 2015 10:37 UTC

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M 6.1 in Indonesia on 03 Mar 2015 10:37 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:	6.1M
Depth:	28 Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.7691 , 98.663
Event Date:	03 Mar 2015 10:37 UTC 03 Mar 2015 17:37 Local
Exposed Population:	About 50000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	04 Mar 2015 00:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1073023		0	03 Mar 2015 10:37	6.4M, 37.65km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)		00:17	NEIC
1073060		0	03 Mar 2015 10:37	6.1M, 28km	5.36	50 thousand (in 100km)		14:07	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 Sumatera Barat (population 1,780) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	1800 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1073060	-0.769/98.663	6.1	28	5.36	17 Oct 2016 10:26	593d 23:49	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	1800 people
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	360000 people
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	24000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Muarsiget	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Sibabau	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Hilibafunua	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Kagogolo	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Gilitar	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Pasigoppa	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Silogui	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Sibadoeggo	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Simokko	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	73 km
Saudainu	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	77 km
Muarasaibi	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	78 km
Sakubo	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	90 km
Pulautelo	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	91 km
Totoinong	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	93 km
Sabagalet	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	97 km
Labuhanrima	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	98 km
Sabulau	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	103 km
Lambak	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	104 km
Muarasiberut	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	108 km
Kotarai	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	112 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Batu Island	Indonesia	44 km
Sabagalet	Indonesia	87 km
Telo	Indonesia	90 km
Pini Island	Indonesia	104 km

More information

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