Overall Green Earthquake alert Off-shore on 20 Jul 2016 22:48 UTC

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M 5 Off-shore on 20 Jul 2016 22:48 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:	5.0M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-7.5874 , 127.7049
Event Date:	20 Jul 2016 22:48 UTC 21 Jul 2016 07:48 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20006gaz
Inserted at:	20 Jul 2016 23:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20006gaz	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
1134389		0	20 Jul 2016 22:48	5M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)		00:20	NEIC

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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 Djerusu, Oewakeka, Hila, Uwakeka, Kaiwatu, Serwaru, Wakarleli, Noewewan, Siota, and Luhulele.

Radius	Population
100 km	82000 people
75 km	39000 people
50 km	2600 people
20 km	<1000 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
Djerusu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	26 km
Oewakeka	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Hila	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Uwakeka	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Kaiwatu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Serwaru	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Wakarleli	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Noewewan	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Siota	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Luhulele	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Moa Island		Indonesia	67 km
Sevivara Point	TLSVP	Timor-Leste	99 km

More information

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