Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 26 Apr 2017 04:52 UTC

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M 5 in Indonesia on 26 Apr 2017 04:52 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:	96.51 Km
Lat/Lon:	1.3806 , 128.108
Event Date:	26 Apr 2017 04:52 UTC 26 Apr 2017 13:52 Local
Exposed Population:	600000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008kxh
Inserted at:	26 Apr 2017 05:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-0.8		-0.8
us10008kxh	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
1165397		-0.8	26 Apr 2017 04:52	5M, 96.51km	N/A	610 thousand (in 100km)		00:26	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 Pediwang, Bubale, Doro, Katana, Kusuri, Iga, Patja, Biang, Sinjngmajehoe, Soanmaitik, and Wajamli.

Radius	Population
100 km	610000 people
75 km	450000 people
50 km	250000 people
20 km	44000 people
10 km	4000 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
Pediwang	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	12 km
Bubale	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	14 km
Doro	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	16 km
Katana	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Kusuri	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	22 km
Iga	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Patja	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	25 km
Biang	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	25 km
Sinjngmajehoe	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	28 km
Soanmaitik	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Dogaga	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	30 km
Garoea	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Talabit	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Subaim	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	32 km
Ngoali	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Kau	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Wasile	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Tatam	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Tobelo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Wajapiakal	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Wangeotak	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	41 km
Ruko	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	44 km
Pasilulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Tokuoku-njeku	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Modjid	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Golea	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Talen	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Wadjol	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Galela	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Buli Serani	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Toguear	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Tahafo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Tolofu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Kedi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Balaoeting	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Bakulu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Parapara	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Akelamo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Dodowo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Baru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Akelamo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Wajamli	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	68 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
Kau	KAZ	unknown				0	35 km
Pitu		15	Civ.	Paved	No	9500	76 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Kau	Indonesia	33 km
Tobelo	Indonesia	37 km
Akeselaka	Indonesia	44 km
Galela	Indonesia	54 km
Buli	Indonesia	62 km
Wayabula	Indonesia	98 km

More information

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