Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 14 May 2021 06:33 UTC

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M 6.6 in Indonesia on 14 May 2021 06:33 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:	6.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	0.1684 , 96.6475
Event Date:	14 May 2021 06:33 UTC 14 May 2021 12:33 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000e2zt
Inserted at:	14 May 2021 06:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.1		0.1
us7000e2zt	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0.16m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.16m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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
1375055		0.1	14 May 2021 06:33	6.6M, 10km	4.41	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 00:27)	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 Sumatera Utara (population 786,273) . 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	1375055	0.168/96.648	6.6	10.0	4.411	14 May 2021 06:55	00:22	(new episode)
2	1375055	0.168/96.648	6.6	10.0	4.411	14 May 2021 07:35	01:02	(upd of #1)
3	1375055	0.168/96.648	6.6	10.0	4.411	14 May 2021 08:38	02:05	(upd of #2)
4	1375055	0.168/96.648	6.6	10.0	4.411	15 May 2021 06:36	1d 00:03	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	790000 people
	Aceh	Indonesia	37000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sirombu	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	121 km
Hilihoja	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	135 km
Telukdalam	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	136 km
Afulu	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	138 km
Lahewa	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	147 km
Hiliobolata	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	151 km
Gunungsitoli	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	163 km
Bodsihona	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	164 km
Sifahandro	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	167 km
Ladara	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	169 km
Pulautelo	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	182 km

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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
	Binaka		6				0	161 km
	Gunungsitoli	GNS	unknown				0	164 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Telukdalem	Indonesia	137 km
Gunungsitoli	Indonesia	164 km
Telo	Indonesia	183 km
Batu Island	Indonesia	216 km

More information

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