Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 12 Feb 2018 09:56 UTC

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M 4.6 in Indonesia on 12 Feb 2018 09:56 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:	67.05 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.0957 , 100.6143
Event Date:	12 Feb 2018 09:56 UTC 12 Feb 2018 16:56 Local
Exposed Population:	960000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000d0v9
Inserted at:	12 Feb 2018 10:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000d0v9	Scaled population (vector)	5.47
	C1 earthquake	1.54
	C2 earthquake	-0.64
	Country Vulnerability	0.09
	INFORM_normalised	0.96

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1198571		0	12 Feb 2018 09:56	4.6M, 67.05km	N/A	960 thousand (in 100km)		00:47	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 Barat (population 4,301,938) . The nearest places are Pasirganting, Gati, Paritpandjang, Airhadji, Indrapura, Kajoesabatang, Kotatinggi, Kambang, Kotabaroe, Tapan, and Pasarsebelah.

Radius	Population
100 km	960000 people
75 km	250000 people
50 km	67000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	4.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pasirganting	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Gati	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Paritpandjang	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Airhadji	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Indrapura	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Kajoesabatang	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Kotatinggi	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Kambang	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Kotabaroe	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Tapan	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Sikabur	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Sirantih	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Pondokbaru	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Muaraterusanbunga	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Loenang	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Pasartaluk	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Sindang	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Moearasako	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Limaumanis	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Pasarsebelah	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	70 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
Muko Muko		5				0	72 km
Kerinci	KRC	unknown				0	85 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
North Pagai Island		Indonesia	92 km
South Pagai Island		Indonesia	99 km

More information

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