Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 02 Nov 2014 13:21 UTC

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M 4.9 in Indonesia on 02 Nov 2014 13:21 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:	4.9M
Depth:	55.08 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.43 , 102.18
Event Date:	02 Nov 2014 13:21 UTC 02 Nov 2014 20:21 Local
Exposed Population:	779179 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	02 Nov 2014 15:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.2		0.2
	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
1063716		0.2	02 Nov 2014 13:21	4.9M, 55.08km	N/A	780 thousand (in 100km)		01:56	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 Bengkulu (population 1,268,316) .

Radius	Population
100 km	780000 people
75 km	570000 people
50 km	4000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

	Country	Region Province	Population
	Indonesia	Bengkulu	1.3 million people
	Indonesia	Sumatera Selatan	6.6 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Padangkemiling	BKS	15	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	67 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Alas		Indonesia	65 km
Pino		Indonesia	74 km
Bengkulu	IDBKS	Indonesia	77 km
Manna		Indonesia	77 km

More information

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