Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 09 Dec 2015 10:50 UTC

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M 4.8 in Indonesia on 09 Dec 2015 10:50 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:	4.8M
Depth:	42.2 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.8025 , 129.525
Event Date:	09 Dec 2015 10:50 UTC 09 Dec 2015 19:50 Local
Exposed Population:	262802 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	09 Dec 2015 12:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1110737		0.1	09 Dec 2015 10:50	4.8M, 42.2km	N/A	260 thousand (in 100km)		01:24	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 Maluku (population 1,991,398) . The nearest places are Wahai, Pasaheri, Kaloa, Seliha, Hoaoeloe, Kanikeh, Salimena, Opin, Kobi, Noesabotam, and Ilasa.

Radius	Population
100 km	290000 people
75 km	170000 people
50 km	78000 people
20 km	23000 people
10 km	14000 people
5 km	4300 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Wahai	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	8 km
Pasaheri	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	9 km
Kaloa	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Seliha	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Hoaoeloe	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Kanikeh	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Salimena	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	38 km
Opin	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Kobi	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Noesabotam	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Boti	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Seleman	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Karluta Kara	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Japutih	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Negriangoes	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Wahakajam	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Laha	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Ilasa	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	68 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
Amahai	AHI	unknown				0	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Wahai		Indonesia	5 km
Amahai		Indonesia	93 km

More information

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