Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 10 Aug 2019 21:11 UTC

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M 5.2 in Indonesia on 10 Aug 2019 21:11 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:	5.2M
Depth:	44.19 Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.7213 , 99.362799999999993
Event Date:	10 Aug 2019 21:11 UTC 11 Aug 2019 04:11 Local
Exposed Population:	750000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us600053j1
Inserted at:	13 Aug 2019 02:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us600053j1	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.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1269100	10 Aug 2019 21:11	5.6M, 51.09km	3.59	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:32	NEIC
1269104	10 Aug 2019 21:11	5.2M, 37.04km	3.25	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	02:02	NEIC
1269159	10 Aug 2019 21:11	5.2M, 44.19km	3.26	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	2d 05:34	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 Sumatera Barat (population 4,301,938) . The nearest places are Muarsiget, and Gilitar.

Radius	Population
100 km	750000 people
75 km	88000 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	9.3 million people
Riau	Indonesia	3.5 million people
Jambi	Indonesia	2.2 million people
Bengkulu	Indonesia	1.3 million people
Aceh	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Sumatera Selatan	Indonesia	6.6 million people
Selangor	Malaysia	3.5 million people
Negeri Sembilan	Malaysia	800000 people
Melaka	Malaysia	640000 people
Johor	Malaysia	2.3 million people
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Muarsiget	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Gilitar	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tiku		Indonesia	71 km
Pariaman		Indonesia	85 km

More information

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