Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 09 May 2008 21:23 UTC

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M 4.7 in Indonesia on 09 May 2008 21:23 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:	4.7M
Depth:	84.1 Km
Lat/Lon:	-8.5621 , 119.012
Event Date:	09 May 2008 21:23 UTC 10 May 2008 05:23 Local
Exposed Population:	790000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	09 May 2008 21:46 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	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
38898	0.5	09 May 2008 21:23	4.8M, 158km	N/A	960 thousand (in 100km)	00:14	GEOFON
38899	0.5	09 May 2008 21:23	4.7M, 84.1km	N/A	790 thousand (in 100km)	00:23	NEIC
38935	0.5	09 May 2008 21:23	4.6M, 111km	N/A	820 thousand (in 100km)	14:34	EMSC
38945	0.5	09 May 2008 21:23	4.6M, 111km	N/A	820 thousand (in 100km)	14:40	EMSC

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 Barat (population 3,624,042) . The nearest places are Badjo, Gerampi, Sape, Waworada, Owimbai, Ntori, Lampe, Maria, Sondo, Riang Sekoeroe, and Polo.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.1 million people
75 km	700000 people
50 km	340000 people
20 km	29000 people
10 km	4000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	3.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Badjo	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Gerampi	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Sape	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	24 km
Waworada	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Owimbai	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Ntori	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Lampe	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Maria	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Sondo	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Riang Sekoeroe	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Ntonggoe	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Tongga	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Ntoke	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Toronaroe	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Tente	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Raba	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Wara	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Komodo	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Godo	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Bima	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	66000 people	52 km
Nggaronangga	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Parado	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Sila	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Ndano	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Sowa	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Bontoh	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Ranggo	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Kananta	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Mangge	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Kala	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Polo	Nusa Tenggara Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	67 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
Bima	BMU	12	Civ.	Paved	No	5400	50 km
Tambolaka	TMC	49				0	72 km
Komodo		20				0	96 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Teluk Sape		Indonesia	27 km
Bima	IDBMU	Indonesia	53 km
Memboro		Indonesia	90 km
Labuhanbajo		Indonesia	95 km

More information

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