M 5.5 in Indonesia on 05 Dec 2019 12:24 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: 60.98 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.3638 , 126.7713
Event Date: 05 Dec 2019 12:24 UTC
05 Dec 2019 20:24 Local
Exposed Population: About 23000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60006mdf
Inserted at: 06 Dec 2019 12:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60006mdf 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
1283155 0 05 Dec 2019 12:24 5.5M, 60.98km 3.64 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1283155 5.364/126.771 5.5 61.0 3.639 05 Dec 2019 12:43 00:19 (new episode)
2 0 1283155 5.364/126.771 5.5 61.0 3.639 05 Dec 2019 14:28 02:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1283155 5.364/126.771 5.5 61.0 3.639 06 Dec 2019 12:27 1d 00:02 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces


Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance

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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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