Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 05 Oct 2016 11:37 UTC

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M 4.5 in Indonesia on 05 Oct 2016 11:37 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:	4.5M
Depth:	35.48 Km
Lat/Lon:	-1.9934 , 123.5654
Event Date:	05 Oct 2016 11:37 UTC 05 Oct 2016 19:37 Local
Exposed Population:	184001 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006v4z
Inserted at:	05 Oct 2016 12:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006v4z	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.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1142091		0	05 Oct 2016 11:37	4.5M, 35.48km	N/A	180 thousand (in 100km)		00:25	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 Sulawesi Tengah (population 1,832,441) . The nearest places are Keak, Mominiet, Alasan, Banggai, Beleang, Pelei, Kidandal, Bolonan, Tinangkong, and Sambiat.

Radius	Population
100 km	180000 people
75 km	100000 people
50 km	36000 people
20 km	1700 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	1.8 million people
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people
Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	1.5 million people
Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	7.3 million people
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Keak	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Mominiet	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Alasan	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Banggai	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Beleang	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Pelei	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Kidandal	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Bolonan	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Tinangkong	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Sambiat	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Banggai	IDBGG	Indonesia	46 km
Lamobuang		Indonesia	81 km

More information

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