Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 09 Sep 2016 15:27 UTC

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M 4.6 in Indonesia on 09 Sep 2016 15:27 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	97.83 Km
Lat/Lon:	-0.0648 , 123.8084
Event Date:	09 Sep 2016 15:27 UTC 09 Sep 2016 23:27 Local
Exposed Population:	204786 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006nbx
Inserted at:	09 Sep 2016 15:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
us10006nbx	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
1139442		n.a	09 Sep 2016 15:27	4.6M, 97.83km	N/A	200 thousand (in 100km)		00:23	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 Negerilama, Beniha, Dimamalia, Salongo, Pinolosean, Kombot, and Dumoga-ketjil.

Radius	Population
100 km	200000 people
75 km	89000 people
50 km	9500 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
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
Negerilama	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Beniha	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Dimamalia	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Salongo	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Pinolosean	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Kombot	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Dumoga-ketjil	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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