Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 07 Jan 2017 12:25 UTC

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M 4.7 in Indonesia on 07 Jan 2017 12:25 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:	4.7M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	1.81 , 127.1222
Event Date:	07 Jan 2017 12:25 UTC 07 Jan 2017 21:25 Local
Exposed Population:	330000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007rv4
Inserted at:	07 Jan 2017 13:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-1		-1
us10007rv4	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1153258		-1	07 Jan 2017 12:25	4.7M, 71.16km	N/A	330 thousand (in 100km)		00:58	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, Kedi, Tahafo, Talen, Bakulu, Baru, Tokuoku-njeku, Pumadada, Pasilulu, and Sasu.

Radius	Population
100 km	330000 people
75 km	83000 people
50 km	<1000 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
Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	2.7 million people
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	1.8 million people
Southern Mindanao	Philippines	4.5 million people
Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tolofu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Kedi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Tahafo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	59 km
Talen	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Bakulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Baru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Tokuoku-njeku	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Pumadada	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Pasilulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km
Sasu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	70 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
Galela		Indonesia	82 km
Tobelo		Indonesia	99 km

More information

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