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M 5.9 in Indonesia on 30 Sep 2022 19:28 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.9M
Depth:	21.214 Km
Lat/Lon:	2.1088 , 98.9283
Event Date:	30 Sep 2022 19:28 UTC 01 Oct 2022 02:28 Local
Exposed Population:	About 21000 people in MMI 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000ipri
Inserted at:	01 Oct 2022 15:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.9		0.9
us6000ipri	Scaled population (raster)	3.41
	C1 rapid impact	-1.73
	C2 rapid impact	0.79
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.96

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1465157	0.3	30 Sep 2022 19:28	5.8M, 13.151km	6.76	8 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:21	NEIC
1465168	0.4	30 Sep 2022 19:28	5.9M, 13.151km	6.77	9 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:38	NEIC
1465336	0.9	30 Sep 2022 19:28	5.9M, 21.214km	7.01	40 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	20:12	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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Indonesia ,of Sumatera Utara (population 9,319,344) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	41000 people
	380000 people
	1 million people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	330000 people
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	380000 people
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	430000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Situmeang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	1 km
Tarutung	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	12 km
Siborongborong	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	12 km
Sipahutar	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	17 km
Dolok Sanggul	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Onanhasang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Pangaribuan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Balige	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Sihikit	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Lagoeboti	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Nainggolan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Parmonangan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Sarulla	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Banoealoehoe	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Sibalanga	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Sitorang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Sorkam	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Porsea	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	45 km
Sibolga	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	79000 people	44 km
Parsoburan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Pakkat	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Sipagimbar	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Pagaranpanindoan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Parlilitan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Barus	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Lumut	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Muara Oreh	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	75 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
	Pinangsore		10				0	61 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Sibolga	IDSLG	Indonesia	43 km
	Barus		Indonesia	61 km

More information

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