Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 17 Sep 2003 00:02 UTC

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M 4.8 in Indonesia on 17 Sep 2003 00:02 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:	4.8M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-8.73 , 123.82
Event Date:	17 Sep 2003 00:02 UTC
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Jan 1900 00:00 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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
3970		0.5	17 Sep 2003 00:02	4.8M, 33km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)		00:-02	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 Pulu, Lamanoena, Labala, Aliakalan, Moelan, Tuba, Pulau Marisa, Kayan, Lewoheba, Lamanuna, and Lewokeling.

Radius	Population
100 km	540000 people
75 km	230000 people
50 km	86000 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
Timor-Leste	Timor-Leste	860000 people
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people
Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	7.3 million people
Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	1.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Pulu	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Lamanoena	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Labala	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Aliakalan	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Moelan	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Tuba	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Pulau Marisa	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Kayan	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Lewoheba	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Lamanuna	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Hadakewa	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Blangmerang	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Latuna	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Kalikassa	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Lamararap	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Toebal	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Pasar Hadakewa	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Lewaling	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Bagang	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Peuara	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Lebewala	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Balauring	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Noehawaila	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Waipoekang	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Tokodjain	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Baringwala	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Lewoleba	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Lewotelo	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Boleng	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Riangeba	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Tamelabang	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Wotanglolong	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Nereng	Nusa Tenggara Timur	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km
Lewokeling	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
Lewoleba	LWE	unknown				0	60 km
Ocussi Humberte	OEC	unknown				0	86 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Lomblen Island	Indonesia	43 km
Alor Island	Indonesia	92 km
Kalabahi	Indonesia	95 km

More information

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