M 5.5 in Indonesia on 22 Oct 2019 19:15 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.8922 , 138.238
Event Date: 22 Oct 2019 19:15 UTC
23 Oct 2019 04:15 Local
Exposed Population: About 2000 people in MMI
190000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70005xa1
Inserted at: 24 Oct 2019 15:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70005xa1 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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1275701 0 22 Oct 2019 19:15 5.4M, 12.13km 6.08 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:01 NEIC
1275936 0 22 Oct 2019 19:15 5.5M, 10km 6.3 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 20:20 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 , Province of Irian Jaya (population 1,752,571) . The nearest places are Dabra, Timo, Rustoord, and Atuoi.

Radius Population
100 km 200000 people
75 km 100000 people
50 km 25000 people
20 km 5200 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Irian Jaya Indonesia 1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Dabra Papua Indonesia Village - 13 km
Timo Papua Indonesia Village - 53 km
Rustoord Papua Indonesia Village - 62 km
Atuoi Papua Indonesia Village - 63 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Karubaga KBF unknown 0 95 km
Ilu IUL unknown 0 96 km

More information

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