M 4.6 in Christmas Island on 28 Jul 2020 20:42 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: 4.6M
Depth: 8.28 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.6291 , 108.0354
Event Date: 28 Jul 2020 20:42 UTC
29 Jul 2020 03:42 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000b5lw
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2020 22:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Christmas I.)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b5lw Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1323811 0 28 Jul 2020 20:42 4.6M, 8.28km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 01:21 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 Christmas Island , of Christmas I..

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no 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
Christmas I. Christmas Island -
Jawa Barat Indonesia 38.1 million people
Jawa Tengah Indonesia 30.7 million people
Yogyakarta Indonesia 3.1 million people
Jawa Timur Indonesia 33 million people
Jakarta Raya Indonesia 8.8 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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