Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 21 Aug 2016 00:42 UTC

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M 5 in Indonesia on 21 Aug 2016 00:42 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:	-3.6334 , 131.4603
Event Date:	21 Aug 2016 00:42 UTC 21 Aug 2016 09:42 Local
Exposed Population:	About 42407 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006fhu
Inserted at:	21 Aug 2016 01:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006fhu	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
1137266		0	21 Aug 2016 00:42	5M, 10km	N/A	40 thousand (in 100km)		00:20	NEIC

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* 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 Kinale, Tinarin, Dai, Argam, Kampoeng Salanwo, Wisalen, Arbau, Nama, Walang Tengh, and Walang Tengah.

Radius	Population
100 km	42000 people
75 km	21000 people
50 km	6400 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maluku	Indonesia	2 million people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kinale	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Tinarin	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Dai	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Argam	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Kampoeng Salanwo	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Wisalen	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Arbau	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Nama	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Walang Tengh	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Walang Tengah	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	67 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
Geser		Indonesia	68 km

More information

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