Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 18 Dec 2017 15:09 UTC

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M 4.9 in Indonesia on 18 Dec 2017 15:09 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:	4.9M
Depth:	144.46 Km
Lat/Lon:	0.0406 , 123.479
Event Date:	18 Dec 2017 15:09 UTC 18 Dec 2017 23:09 Local
Exposed Population:	850000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000c5ma
Inserted at:	18 Dec 2017 15:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000c5ma	Scaled population (vector)	5.32
	C1 earthquake	1.54
	C2 earthquake	-0.64
	Country Vulnerability	0.09
	INFORM_normalised	0.96

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1191431		0	18 Dec 2017 15:09	4.9M, 144.46km	N/A	850 thousand (in 100km)		00:41	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 Dimamalia, Taludaa, Negerilama, Bilungala, Pinogu, Beniha, Tulabolo, Lembongo, and Salongo.

Radius	Population
100 km	850000 people
75 km	190000 people
50 km	33000 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
Dimamalia	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	34 km
Taludaa	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	37 km
Negerilama	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	40 km
Bilungala	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Pinogu	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Beniha	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Tulabolo	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	55 km
Lembongo	Gorontalo	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Salongo	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	67 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
Jalaluddin	GTO	18	Mil.	Paved	No	5400	96 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Gorontalo	IDGTO	Indonesia	70 km

More information

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