Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia from 28 Dec 2009 10:18 UTC to 10:18

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M 5.3 in Indonesia from 28 Dec 2009 10:18 UTC to 10:18

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:	5.3M
Depth:	73 Km
Lat/Lon:	3.8 , 126.87
Event Date:	28 Dec 2009 10:18 UTC 28 Dec 2009 18:18 Local
Exposed Population:	220000 people within 100km
Source:	GEOFON
Inserted at:	28 Dec 2009 10:29 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
GEOFON	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
71751	0.5	28 Dec 2009 10:18	5.1M, 68km	N/A	220 thousand (in 100km)	00:07	GEOFON
71752	0.5	28 Dec 2009 10:18	5.3M, 73km	N/A	220 thousand (in 100km)	00:11	GEOFON
71753	0.5	28 Dec 2009 10:18	5M, 68km	N/A	220 thousand (in 100km)	00:15	NEIC
71754	0.5	28 Dec 2009 10:18	5.4M, 72km	N/A	220 thousand (in 100km)	00:15	GEOFON
71755	0.5	28 Dec 2009 10:18	5.3M, 56.1km	N/A	230 thousand (in 100km)	00:24	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 Sulawesi Utara (population 2,665,773) . The nearest places are Damau, Damar, Mangarang, Salebabu, Urung, Tule, Kolongana, Tarun, Pulutan, Tarohan, and Lobo.

Radius	Population
100 km	220000 people
75 km	190000 people
50 km	130000 people
20 km	54000 people
10 km	28000 people
5 km	14000 people
2 km	5200 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Damau	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	1 km
Damar	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	3 km
Mangarang	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	11 km
Salebabu	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	20 km
Urung	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	24 km
Tule	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Kolongana	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Tarun	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Pulutan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Tarohan	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Beo	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Tabang	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Lobo	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Lirung		Indonesia	24 km
Beo		Indonesia	52 km

More information

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