Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia from 29 Sep 2015 23:20 UTC to 23:20

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M 5.5 in Indonesia from 29 Sep 2015 23:20 UTC to 23:20

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:	45.15 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.5789 , 140.2494
Event Date:	29 Sep 2015 23:20 UTC 30 Sep 2015 08:20 Local
Exposed Population:	285729 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	29 Sep 2015 23:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.4		0.4
	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
1100037		0.4	29 Sep 2015 23:20	5.5M, 45.15km	4.42	290 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	NEIC
1100045		0.3	29 Sep 2015 23:20	5.4M, 19km	5.64	290 thousand (in 100km)		01:42	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 Irian Jaya (population 1,752,571) .

Radius	Population
100 km	290000 people
75 km	260000 people
50 km	170000 people
20 km	16000 people
10 km	7600 people
5 km	2900 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

	Country	Region Province	Population
	Indonesia	Irian Jaya	1.8 million people
	Papua New Guinea	West Sepik	140000 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
Sentani	DJJ	89	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7100	27 km
Arso	ARJ	unknown					68 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Demta		Indonesia	30 km
Jayapura	IDDJJ	Indonesia	47 km

More information

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