M 5.5 in Indonesia on 19 Oct 2020 07:47 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.3834 , 100.3424
Event Date: 19 Oct 2020 07:47 UTC
19 Oct 2020 14:47 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
About 22000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000c9cs
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2020 07:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000c9cs Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.73  
  C2 shakemap 0.79  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1338385 0 19 Oct 2020 07:47 5.5M, 10km 5.23 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 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 ,of Sumatera Barat (population 220) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1338385 -3.383/100.342 5.5 10.0 5.233 19 Oct 2020 08:05 00:18 (new episode)
2 0 1338385 -3.383/100.342 5.5 10.0 5.233 19 Oct 2020 09:50 02:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1338385 -3.383/100.342 5.5 10.0 5.233 20 Oct 2020 07:49 1d 00:02 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Sumatera Barat Indonesia <1000 people
Sumatera Barat Indonesia 7500 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Tiop Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 19 km
Buriai Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 33 km
Bulasat Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 35 km
Beleratsok Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 51 km
Mapoupou Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 52 km
Bahatmonga Bengkulu Indonesia Village - 59 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
South Pagai Island Indonesia 47 km

More information

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