Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 04 Jan 2009 11:49 UTC

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M 5 in Indonesia on 04 Jan 2009 11:49 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.6592 , 133.827
Event Date:	04 Jan 2009 11:49 UTC 04 Jan 2009 20:49 Local
Exposed Population:	140000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	04 Jan 2009 12:53 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
50675	0.5	04 Jan 2009 11:49	5.2M, 41km	N/A	150 thousand (in 100km)	00:08	GEOFON
50676	0.5	04 Jan 2009 11:49	5.1M, 53km	N/A	150 thousand (in 100km)	00:12	GEOFON
50678	0.5	04 Jan 2009 11:49	4.9M, 57.1km	N/A	150 thousand (in 100km)	00:23	NEIC
50681	0.5	04 Jan 2009 11:49	5M, 35km	N/A	140 thousand (in 100km)	01:03	NEIC
50714	0.5	04 Jan 2009 11:49	5M, 40km	N/A	140 thousand (in 100km)	04:29	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 Irian Jaya (population 1,752,571) . The nearest places are Andai, Sowi, Nuni, Amban, Manokwari, Toebisjimila, Insjoerifoeri, Bakopti, Tanahbrubu, Maikoe, and Wanmori.

Radius	Population
100 km	170000 people
75 km	150000 people
50 km	140000 people
20 km	120000 people
10 km	20000 people
5 km	4600 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Andai	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	13 km
Sowi	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Nuni	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	17 km
Amban	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Manokwari	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	City	52000 people	20 km
Toebisjimila	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Insjoerifoeri	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	25 km
Bakopti	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Tanahbrubu	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Maikoe	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Maboi	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Mincatobori	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Kaironi	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Sedei	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Kasbediri	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Omi	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Urongi	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Tshinega	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Mubrani	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Irai	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Warbumi	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Lefikbri	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Jamboi	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Tiraga	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Koffo	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Warbiadi	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Moebrani	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Waenggu	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Tisi	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Saibouw	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Oransbari	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Prori	Irian Jaya Barat	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km
Wanmori	Irian Jaya 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
Rendani	MKW	5	Civ.	Paved	No	5400	17 km
Anggi	AGD	unknown				0	57 km
Ransiki	RSK	unknown				0	78 km
Kebar	KEQ	unknown				0	91 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Manokwari	IDMKW	Indonesia	19 km

More information

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