Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 15 Jan 2020 12:16 UTC

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M 4.5 in Indonesia on 15 Jan 2020 12:16 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:	4.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-10.4876 , 124.0259
Event Date:	15 Jan 2020 12:16 UTC 15 Jan 2020 20:16 Local
Exposed Population:	1070000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000707w
Inserted at:	15 Jan 2020 12:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000707w	Scaled population (vector)	5.77
	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
1290444		0	15 Jan 2020 12:16	4.5M, 10km	N/A	1.1 million (in 100km)		00:29	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 Rabe, Bimoni, Baun, Oekabit, Buraen, Baoemata, Oesau, Sekalac, Babau, Oetune, and Soelamoe.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.1 million people
75 km	750000 people
50 km	130000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no 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
Rabe	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Bimoni	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Baun	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Oekabit	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Buraen	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Baoemata	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Oesau	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Sekalac	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Babau	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Oetune	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Naketuka	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Oemasi	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Naimoeti	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Kioepoat	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Tjamplong	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Toineke	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Manikin	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Maoelafa	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Ngilmina	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Tuakdale	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Manoelairoti	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Naifalo	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Benu	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Kupang	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	City	280000 people	60 km
Pariti	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Naioni	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Namosain	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Taoes	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Tablolong	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Oisina	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Tenau	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Usulain	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Hansisi	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Pitai	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Roti	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Soelamoe	Nusa Tenggara Timur	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
El Tari	KOE	102	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	52 km
Roti	RTI	unknown				0	72 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kupang	IDKOE	Indonesia	61 km
Hansisi		Indonesia	67 km

More information

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