Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 21 Oct 2016 21:46 UTC

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M 4.6 in Indonesia on 21 Oct 2016 21:46 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:	117.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.9003 , 128.8951
Event Date:	21 Oct 2016 21:46 UTC 22 Oct 2016 06:46 Local
Exposed Population:	502843 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20007g0u
Inserted at:	21 Oct 2016 23:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
us20007g0u	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
1143613		n.a	21 Oct 2016 21:46	4.6M, 117.6km	N/A	500 thousand (in 100km)		01:40	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 Saparua, Haria, Nolot, Latu, Amahai, Kampong Pelauw, Haruku, Sepa, Namanan, and Tihulale.

Radius	Population
100 km	500000 people
75 km	150000 people
50 km	30000 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
Saparua	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Haria	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Nolot	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Latu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Amahai	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	47000 people	62 km
Kampong Pelauw	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Haruku	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Sepa	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Namanan	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Tihulale	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 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
Amahai	AHI	unknown				0	63 km
Pattimura	AMQ	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6000	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Saparua		Indonesia	44 km
Amahai		Indonesia	63 km
Ambon	IDAMQ	Indonesia	85 km

More information

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