M 6.9 in Southwest Of Sumatera, Indonesia on 18 Nov 2022 13:37 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: 6.9M
Depth: 25 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.8915 , 100.8032
Event Date: 18 Nov 2022 13:37 UTC
18 Nov 2022 20:37 Local
Exposed Population:
Source: NEIC us7000iqpn
Inserted at: 18 Nov 2022 14:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000iqpn Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0.08m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.08m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1473839 0 18 Nov 2022 13:37 6.6M, 10km 6.74 No people affected (in 100km) 0.1m (at 00:42) 00:06 GEOFON
1473841 0 18 Nov 2022 13:37 6.9M, 10km 4.06 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:51) 00:18 NEIC
1473860 0 18 Nov 2022 13:37 6.9M, 25km 4.22 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:30) 00:57 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 Bengkulu (population 1,268,316) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1473860 -4.956/100.738 6.9 10.0 4.056 18 Nov 2022 13:59 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1473860 -4.892/100.803 6.9 25.0 4.221 18 Nov 2022 14:37 01:00 (upd of #1)
3 0 1473860 -4.892/100.803 6.9 25.0 4.221 18 Nov 2022 15:42 02:05 (upd of #2)
4 0 1473860 -4.892/100.803 6.9 25.0 4.221 19 Nov 2022 14:40 1d 01:03 (upd of #3)
5 0 1473860 100.786/-4.904 6.9 25 4.216 27 Nov 2022 00:50 8d 11:13 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Bengkulu Indonesia 5800 people
Bengkulu Indonesia no people
Sumatera Selatan Indonesia no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pahanuma Lampung Indonesia Village - 162 km
Kabue Lampung Indonesia Village - 171 km
Belowa Lampung Indonesia Village - 174 km
Taoabi Lampung Indonesia Village - 182 km
Poelaudoea Lampung Indonesia Village - 184 km

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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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