Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 02 Dec 2011 05:19 UTC

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M 5.5 in Indonesia on 02 Dec 2011 05:19 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	0.0877 , 120.444
Event Date:	02 Dec 2011 05:19 UTC 02 Dec 2011 13:19 Local
Exposed Population:	380000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc00070us
Inserted at:	02 Dec 2011 05:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc00070us	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
113447		0.5	02 Dec 2011 05:19	5.5M, 81.3km	N/A	380 thousand (in 100km)		00:16	NEIC
113450		0.5	02 Dec 2011 05:19	5.5M, 80.8km	N/A	360 thousand (in 100km)		02:05	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 Sulawesi Tengah (population 1,832,441) . The nearest places are Sidoan, Bainaa, Sigentio, Tinombo, Tangki, Tada, Ogatemuku, Kasimbar, Ambesia, Potomoea, and Magapa.

Radius	Population
100 km	570000 people
75 km	350000 people
50 km	55000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	1.8 million people
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	2.7 million people
Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	7.3 million people
Kalimantan Timur	Indonesia	2 million people
Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	1.5 million people
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sidoan	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Bainaa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Sigentio	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Tinombo	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Tangki	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Tada	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Ogatemuku	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Kasimbar	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Ambesia	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Potomoea	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Ongka	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Ladang Kolawi	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Baja	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Sabang	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Sipoeroe	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Siboa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Bolamo	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Toribulu	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Taipa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Balukan	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Pambero	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km
Magapa	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tomoni		Indonesia	46 km
Toboli		Indonesia	89 km

More information

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