Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 24 Sep 2016 11:04 UTC

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M 5.6 in Indonesia on 24 Sep 2016 11:04 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-1.9447 , 140.6174
Event Date:	24 Sep 2016 11:04 UTC 24 Sep 2016 20:04 Local
Exposed Population:	400000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006say
Inserted at:	24 Sep 2016 11:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006say	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1141049		0	24 Sep 2016 11:04	5.6M, 10km	3.97	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:22	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 Irian Jaya (population 408,004) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1141049	-1.945/140.617	5.6	10	3.97	24 Sep 2016 11:29	00:24	(new episode)
2	1141049	-1.945/140.617	5.6	10	3.97	24 Sep 2016 13:06	02:02	(upd of #1)
3	1141049	-1.945/140.617	5.6	10	3.97	14 Oct 2016 06:04	19d 19:00	(upd of #2)
4	1141049	-1.945/140.617	5.6	10	3.97	07 Nov 2016 06:49	43d 19:45	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Irian Jaya	Indonesia	410000 people
	West Sepik	Papua New Guinea	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Wari	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Sapari	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Jafase	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Depapre	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Jayapura	Papua	Indonesia	City	-	67 km
Dazai	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Bukisi	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Demta	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Nefaar	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	71 km
Tobadi	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	75 km
Genyem	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	78 km
Hollekang	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	78 km
Ambar	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	79 km
Mabo	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	80 km
Marneda	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	81 km
Baim	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	81 km
Berap	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	81 km
Genjem	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	87 km
Nemo	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	91 km
Kaptiau	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	98 km
Sawe	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	106 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Sentani	DJJ	89	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7100	71 km
	Arso	ARJ	unknown				0	111 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Djajapura		Indonesia	67 km
Demta		Indonesia	68 km
Jayapura	IDDJJ	Indonesia	75 km

More information

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