Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia from 16 Dec 2019 14:49 UTC to 14:49

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M 5.6 in Indonesia from 16 Dec 2019 14:49 UTC to 14:49

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:	5.6M
Depth:	30.12 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.0101 , 100.8812
Event Date:	16 Dec 2019 14:49 UTC 16 Dec 2019 21:49 Local
Exposed Population:	370000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us60006s6p
Inserted at:	16 Dec 2019 16:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us60006s6p	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1285900		0	16 Dec 2019 14:49	5.6M, 30.12km	3.77	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		02:01	NEIC
1285915		0	16 Dec 2019 14:49	5.6M, 42.43km	3.72	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		3d 02:46	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 Buriai, Airdikit, Pinempet, Mukomuko, Pondoklintang, Bantal, Pasarsebelah, Airberau, Mapoupou, Tiop, and Pondok-tengah.

Radius	Population
100 km	370000 people
75 km	220000 people
50 km	1000 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
Bengkulu	Indonesia	1.3 million people
Jambi	Indonesia	2.2 million people
Sumatera Selatan	Indonesia	6.6 million people
Riau	Indonesia	3.5 million people
Lampung	Indonesia	6.5 million people
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	9.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Buriai	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Airdikit	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Pinempet	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Mukomuko	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Pondoklintang	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Bantal	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Pasarsebelah	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Airberau	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Mapoupou	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Tiop	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Ipuh	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Muaraterusanbunga	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Boengatandjoeng	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Penarik	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Lubuksahang	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Ipun	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Bulasat	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Pondok-tengah	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	68 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	56 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
South Pagai Island		Indonesia	54 km
North Pagai Island		Indonesia	83 km

More information

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