Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 21 Mar 2016 00:34 UTC

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M 4.7 in Indonesia on 21 Mar 2016 00:34 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:	55.82 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.2398 , 122.5955
Event Date:	21 Mar 2016 00:34 UTC 21 Mar 2016 08:34 Local
Exposed Population:	825558 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	21 Mar 2016 00:54 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
1122922		0.1	21 Mar 2016 00:34	4.7M, 55.82km	N/A	830 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	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 Sulawesi Utara (population 2,665,773) . The nearest places are Sumalata, Balantia, Abapi, Blau, Magege, Popalo, Molombulahe, Malingkapoto, Genluma, Bonga, and Kotadjin.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.1 million people
75 km	480000 people
50 km	28000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	2.7 million people
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	1.8 million people
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people
Kalimantan Timur	Indonesia	2 million people
Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia	7.3 million people
Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia	1.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sumalata	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	33 km
Balantia	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Abapi	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Blau	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Magege	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Popalo	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Molombulahe	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Malingkapoto	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Genluma	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Bonga	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Halante	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Moelomboelahe	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Kotadjin	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	70 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
Jalaluddin	GTO	18	Mil.	Paved	No	5400	74 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kuandang		Indonesia	56 km
Paleleh		Indonesia	90 km
Gorontalo	IDGTO	Indonesia	98 km

More information

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