Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 25 Oct 2016 08:24 UTC

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M 4.6 in Indonesia on 25 Oct 2016 08:24 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:	158.82 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.6013 , 127.3992
Event Date:	25 Oct 2016 08:24 UTC 25 Oct 2016 17:24 Local
Exposed Population:	778040 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20007gkc
Inserted at:	25 Oct 2016 09:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
us20007gkc	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
1143926		n.a	25 Oct 2016 08:24	4.6M, 158.82km	N/A	780 thousand (in 100km)		01:08	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 Tolofu, Tahafo, Kedi, Talen, Baru, Tokuoku-njeku, Pasilulu, Sasu, Bakulu, Toguear, and Doro.

Radius	Population
100 km	780000 people
75 km	440000 people
50 km	120000 people
20 km	12000 people
10 km	no 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
Tolofu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Tahafo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	19 km
Kedi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Talen	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Baru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	27 km
Tokuoku-njeku	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Pasilulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Sasu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Bakulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Toguear	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Peot	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	42 km
Sahu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Pumadada	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Galela	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Talabit	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Soanmaitik	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Golea	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Kusuri	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Asimiro	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Jailolo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Ngoali	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Bobopajo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Sinjngmajehoe	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Ruko	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Patja	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Sauru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Wangeotak	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Balaoeting	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Tobelo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Pediwang	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Katana	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Modjid	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Akelamo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Biang	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km
Doro	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km

see full list

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
Kau	KAZ	unknown				0	70 km
Babullah	TTE	15	Civ.	Paved	No	4600	84 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Galela		Indonesia	56 km
Tobelo		Indonesia	69 km
Kau		Indonesia	71 km
Akeselaka		Indonesia	87 km
Ternate	IDTTE	Indonesia	89 km

More information

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