Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 27 Jan 2016 01:40 UTC

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M 4.7 in Indonesia on 27 Jan 2016 01:40 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:	4.7M
Depth:	35.74 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.7896 , 128.0752
Event Date:	27 Jan 2016 01:40 UTC 27 Jan 2016 10:40 Local
Exposed Population:	406023 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	27 Jan 2016 02:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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
1116643		0	27 Jan 2016 01:40	4.7M, 35.74km	N/A	410 thousand (in 100km)		00:40	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 Kawa, Putia, Latuhelu, Piru, Loemoli, Taniwel, Asaoede, Boeria, Kaibobo, Lohia Tala, and Waieei Boroe.

Radius	Population
100 km	550000 people
75 km	220000 people
50 km	100000 people
20 km	9800 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no 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
Kawa	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	15 km
Putia	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Latuhelu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Piru	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Loemoli	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	36 km
Taniwel	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Asaoede	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Boeria	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Kaibobo	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Lohia Tala	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Saweli	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Supe	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Loki	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Sole	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Honitetoe	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Ahiolo	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Soabuwe	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Waraloin	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Kairatu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Luhu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Waieei Boroe	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Piru		Indonesia	30 km
Waisarisa		Indonesia	48 km
Ambon	IDAMQ	Indonesia	99 km

More information

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