Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia from 16 Sep 2007 01:15 UTC to 01:15

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M 5.6 in Indonesia from 16 Sep 2007 01:15 UTC to 01:15

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:	5.6M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.54 , 101.05
Event Date:	16 Sep 2007 01:15 UTC 16 Sep 2007 08:15 Local
Exposed Population:	680000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	16 Sep 2007 09:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.5		0.5
	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
30492	0.5	16 Sep 2007 01:15	5.3M, 54km	N/A	330 thousand (in 100km)	02:25	NEIC
30493	0.5	16 Sep 2007 01:15	5.5M, 35km	N/A	450 thousand (in 100km)	02:30	NEIC
30500	0.5	16 Sep 2007 01:15	5.6M, 30km	N/A	680 thousand (in 100km)	08:10	EMSC
30551	0.5	16 Sep 2007 01:15	5.2M, 38.5km	N/A	500 thousand (in 100km)	1d 15:27	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 Bengkulu (population 1,268,316) . The nearest places are Mukomuko, Pasarsebelah, Airdikit, Muaraterusanbunga, Buriai, Pinempet, Bantal, Pondoklintang, Penarik, Pondok-tengah, and Sindang.

Radius	Population
100 km	370000 people
75 km	240000 people
50 km	17000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bengkulu	Indonesia	1.3 million people
Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	4.3 million people
Jambi	Indonesia	2.2 million people
Sumatera Selatan	Indonesia	6.6 million people
Riau	Indonesia	3.5 million people
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	9.3 million people
Lampung	Indonesia	6.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mukomuko	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Pasarsebelah	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Airdikit	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Muaraterusanbunga	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Buriai	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Pinempet	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Bantal	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Pondoklintang	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Penarik	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Pondok-tengah	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Mapoupou	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Lubuksahang	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Lubukpinang	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Airberau	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Boengatandjoeng	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Bahatmonga	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Tiop	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Ipuh	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Bulasat	Bengkulu	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Sindang	Sumatera Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km

see full list

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	45 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
South Pagai Island		Indonesia	52 km
North Pagai Island		Indonesia	77 km

More information

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