Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 16 Jan 2017 12:42 UTC

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M 5.7 in Indonesia on 16 Jan 2017 12:42 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:	5.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	3.2547 , 98.5438
Event Date:	16 Jan 2017 12:42 UTC 16 Jan 2017 19:42 Local
Exposed Population:	About 42000 people in MMI 8230000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007tii
Inserted at:	16 Jan 2017 13:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.9		0.9
us10007tii	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	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
1154150		0.9	16 Jan 2017 12:42	5.7M, 10km	6.21	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:27	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 33,034) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	33000 people
	960000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1154150	3.255/98.544	5.7	10	6.21	16 Jan 2017 13:10	00:28	(new episode)
2	1154150	3.255/98.544	5.7	10	6.21	16 Jan 2017 14:46	02:04	(upd of #1)
3	1154150	3.255/98.544	5.7	10	6.21	08 Feb 2017 07:59	22d 19:17	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	33000 people
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	960000 people
Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	7.3 million people
Aceh	Indonesia	490000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Berastagi	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	9 km
Sibaulangit	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	9 km
Tigajuhar	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Kabanjahe	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	56000 people	19 km
Pancurbatu	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	25 km
Namoukur	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Laomelgap	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Tanjunglangkat	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Binjai	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	City	230000 people	38 km
Gunungmariah	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Saranpandang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Kutabuluh	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Bangunpurba	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Negeridolok	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Merek	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Kotarih	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Saribudolok	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Tigabinaga	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Medan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Major city	1.7 million people	39 km
Tanjungmorawa	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Hoetapajoeng	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Lubukpakam	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Kutabuluhpasar	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Hampenanperak	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Bohorok	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Pengkol	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Martebing	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Perbaungan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	City	160000 people	57 km
Simpangraja	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Sarimatondang	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Belawan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	City	100000 people	61 km
Sukadamai	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Pondok	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Kotapari	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Pematang Siantar	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	City	210000 people	67 km
Tebing Tinggi	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	City	-	68 km
Serbelawan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Soengairampah	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km
Lawesigala-gala Timur	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	71 km
Sialang Buah	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	72 km
Tanjungpura	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	72 km
Tanjungberingin	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	76 km
Kolamluar	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	81 km
Biakmoeli	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	82 km
Soengaipariok	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	84 km
Kutacane	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	86 km
Pangkalan Dodek	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	87 km
Pangkalanbrandan	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	City	26000 people	89 km
Inderapura	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	92 km
Boekitkoeboe	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	96 km
Lima Puluh	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	98 km
Krueng Luas	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	98 km
Pangkalansusu	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	101 km
Sungailiput	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	120 km
Pulantiga	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	121 km
Klsaran	Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	124 km
Koealasimpang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	125 km
Kualasimpang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	125 km
Rantau	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	128 km
Seruway	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	129 km
Sungaiiyu	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	134 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
	Polonia	MES	27	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9500	36 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Belawan	IDBLW	Indonesia	61 km
Medan, Sumatra	IDMES	Indonesia	62 km
Perbaungan		Indonesia	67 km
Pangkalan Susu	IDPKS	Indonesia	103 km
Susu	IDPKS	Indonesia	103 km

More information

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