Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia from 12 Feb 2016 10:02 UTC to 10:02

EQ parameters

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.5M
Depth:	30.53 Km
Lat/Lon:	-9.5913 , 119.402
Event Date:	12 Feb 2016 10:02 UTC 12 Feb 2016 18:02 Local
Exposed Population:	607874 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	12 Feb 2016 10:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	1		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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1119289		1	12 Feb 2016 10:02	6.5M, 30.53km	N/A	610 thousand (in 100km)		00:24	NEIC
1119326		0.8	12 Feb 2016 10:02	6.3M, 28km	6.43	550 thousand (in 100km)		06:57	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 Nusa Tenggara Timur (population 3,515,623) . The nearest places are Waikaroro, Waigalli, Palla, Waibakoel, Koetaroetoe, Kangalirada, Bondobela, Lewata, Ketoka, Waikabubak, and Waimanguar.

Radius	Population
100 km	610000 people
75 km	520000 people
50 km	440000 people
20 km	180000 people
10 km	87000 people
5 km	24000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	3.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Waikabubak	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	5 km
Ketoka	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	9 km
Palla	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	10 km
Lewata	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	10 km
Kangalirada	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	12 km
Waimanguar	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	15 km
Waigalli	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Koetaroetoe	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Madala	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Waibakoel	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	17 km
Bondobela	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	17 km
Waikaroro	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km

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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
Tambolaka	TMC	49					26 km
Waingapu	WGP	12	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Memboro		Indonesia	17 km
Waingapu	IDWGP	Indonesia	94 km

More information

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