Overall Green Earthquake alert in Southwest Of Sumatera, Indonesia from 18 Nov 2022 13:37 UTC to 13:37

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M 6.6 in Southwest Of Sumatera, Indonesia from 18 Nov 2022 13:37 UTC to 13:37

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:	6.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.86 , 100.8
Event Date:	18 Nov 2022 13:37 UTC 18 Nov 2022 20:37 Local
Exposed Population:
Source:	GEOFON gfz2022wpnl
Inserted at:	18 Nov 2022 13:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
GEOFON	0		0		0
gfz2022wpnl	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave alert	0.05m
	C1 rapid impact	0	Max wave realtime	0.05m
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1473839	18 Nov 2022 13:37	6.6M, 10km	6.74	No people affected (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:42)	00:06	GEOFON
1473841	18 Nov 2022 13:37	6.9M, 10km	4.06	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:51)	00:18	NEIC
1473860	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 off shore.

Radius	Population
100 km	no people
75 km	no people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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