M 6.2 in Indonesia on 15 Jan 2023 22:29 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: 6.2M
Depth: 37 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.0042 , 98.0141
Event Date: 15 Jan 2023 22:29 UTC
16 Jan 2023 05:29 Local
Exposed Population: 260 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us7000j4kr
Inserted at: 15 Jan 2023 23:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000j4kr Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 rapid impact 0 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 rapid impact 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1483787 0 15 Jan 2023 22:30 6M, 48.125km 4.35 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:19 NEIC
1483794 0 15 Jan 2023 22:29 6.2M, 37km 5.34 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 01:06 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 Aceh (population 4,307,539) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
260000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Aceh Indonesia 100000 people
Sumatera Utara Indonesia 49000 people
Aceh Indonesia 80000 people
Sumatera Utara Indonesia 84000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Muara Oreh Sumatera Utara Indonesia Village - 31 km
Pasar Singkil Aceh Indonesia Village - 39 km
Barus Sumatera Utara Indonesia Village - 43 km
Pakkat Sumatera Utara Indonesia Village - 53 km
Parlilitan Sumatera Utara Indonesia Village - 60 km
Sorkam Sumatera Utara Indonesia Village - 65 km
Salak Sumatera Utara Indonesia Village - 70 km
Sihikit Sumatera Utara Indonesia Village - 73 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Lae Tapus Indonesia 30 km
Singkil Indonesia 37 km
Barus Indonesia 42 km

More information

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