Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 26 Jan 2009 19:33 UTC

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M 5.5 in Indonesia on 26 Jan 2009 19:33 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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.14 , 98.14
Event Date:	26 Jan 2009 19:33 UTC 27 Jan 2009 02:33 Local
Exposed Population:	104363 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	26 Jan 2009 19:44 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
52235	0.1	26 Jan 2009 19:33	5.5M, 10km	N/A	100 thousand (in 100km)	00:11	NEIC
52236	0.2	26 Jan 2009 19:33	5.4M, 10km	N/A	130 thousand (in 100km)	00:15	NEIC
52237	0	26 Jan 2009 19:33	5.9M, 35km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	00:20	NEIC
52267	0	26 Jan 2009 19:33	5.6M, 30km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)	12:30	NEIC
52276	0	26 Jan 2009 19:33	5.6M, 35km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	21:26	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 Boli, Pulautelo, Baruju, Balari, Labuhanrima, Hilibafunua, and Lambak.

Radius	Population
100 km	100000 people
75 km	29000 people
50 km	17000 people
20 km	7700 people
10 km	<1000 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
Boli	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	5 km
Pulautelo	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	17 km
Baruju	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Balari	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Labuhanrima	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Hilibafunua	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Lambak	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Telo	Indonesia	18 km
Batu Island	Indonesia	50 km
Pini Island	Indonesia	67 km
Telukdalem	Indonesia	84 km

More information

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