Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia from 13 Mar 2022 21:09 UTC to 21:09

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M 6.7 in Indonesia from 13 Mar 2022 21:09 UTC to 21:09

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:	6.7M
Depth:	21.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.6581 , 98.6126
Event Date:	13 Mar 2022 21:09 UTC 14 Mar 2022 04:09 Local
Exposed Population:	About 16000 people in MMI 50 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000h48e
Inserted at:	13 Mar 2022 21:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.1		0.1
us6000h48e	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave alert	0.1m
	C1 shakemap	-1.73	Max wave realtime	0.1m
	C2 shakemap	0.79
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.96

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1431002	0	13 Mar 2022 21:09	6.6M, 16.18km	6.38	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:35)	00:22	NEIC
1431011	0.1	13 Mar 2022 21:09	6.7M, 21.8km	6.49	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:36)	00:44	NEIC
1431090	0	13 Mar 2022 21:09	6.7M, 28km	6.47	less than 100 (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 01:13)	08:21	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 Utara (population 9,319,344) . The nearest places are Hilibafunua, Muarsiget, Togilitte, Sibabau, Kagogolo, Gilitar, Baruju, Bobokan, and Pasigoppa.

Radius	Population
100 km	51000 people
75 km	30000 people
50 km	17000 people
20 km	1800 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	9.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hilibafunua	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Muarsiget	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Togilitte	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Sibabau	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Kagogolo	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Gilitar	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Baruju	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Bobokan	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Pasigoppa	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Batu Island	Indonesia	30 km
Telo	Indonesia	77 km
Pini Island	Indonesia	92 km

More information

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