Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 22 May 2024 05:27 UTC

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M 4.6 in Indonesia on 22 May 2024 05:27 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:	4.6M
Depth:	25.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	2.5809 , 95.8911
Event Date:	22 May 2024 05:27 UTC 22 May 2024 12:27 Local
Exposed Population:	4 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us6000n078
Inserted at:	22 May 2024 06:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000n078	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1572375		0	22 May 2024 05:27	4.6M, 25.4km	3.62	4 thousand (in 100km)		01:31	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 , Special Region of Aceh (population 3,683) . The nearest places are Kutainang, Tameng, Ai, Abaja, Datimun, Sinarung, Bunan, Silingar, Langi, Naibos, and Ballasetas.

Radius	Population
100 km	91000 people
75 km	91000 people
50 km	45000 people
20 km	15000 people
10 km	10000 people
5 km	2500 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Aceh	Indonesia	3700 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kutainang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	6 km
Tameng	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	7 km
Ai	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	8 km
Abaja	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	11 km
Datimun	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	19 km
Sinarung	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	24 km
Bunan	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Silingar	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Langi	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Naibos	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Lokupau	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Ivabah	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Sumbue	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Lubang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Sinabang	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Ballasetas	Aceh	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Sinabang	IDSNG	Indonesia	58 km

More information

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