Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 01 Nov 2021 17:04 UTC

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M 6 in Indonesia on 01 Nov 2021 17:04 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:	6.0M
Depth:	15.33 Km
Lat/Lon:	0.1985 , 96.7204
Event Date:	01 Nov 2021 17:04 UTC 01 Nov 2021 23:04 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected in 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000fqjc
Inserted at:	01 Nov 2021 18:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000fqjc	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1406254	01 Nov 2021 17:04	5.9M, 6.42km	4.05	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:14	NEIC
1406262	01 Nov 2021 17:04	6M, 12.84km	4.05	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:47	NEIC
1406263	01 Nov 2021 17:04	6M, 15.33km	4.14	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:57	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 Utara (population 198,905) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1406262	0.206/96.743	5.9	6.4	4.053	01 Nov 2021 17:20	00:16	(new episode)
2	1406263	0.206/96.743	5.9	6.4	4.053	01 Nov 2021 17:53	00:49	(new episode)
3	1406263	0.198/96.72	6.0	15.3	4.015	01 Nov 2021 19:08	02:04	(upd of #2)
4	1406263	0.198/96.72	6.0	15.3	4.015	02 Nov 2021 17:07	1d 00:03	(upd of #3)
5	1406263	0.209/96.709	6.0	8.0	4.135	09 Nov 2021 07:40	7d 14:36	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	200000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sirombu	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	113 km
Lahewa	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	141 km
Bodsihona	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	156 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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