M 4.6 in Indonesia on 14 Jan 2018 21:44 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: 4.6M
Depth: 87.58 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.709 , 126.0494
Event Date: 14 Jan 2018 21:44 UTC
15 Jan 2018 06:44 Local
Exposed Population:
About 24000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000cjka
Inserted at: 14 Jan 2018 22:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000cjka Scaled population (vector) 3.39  
  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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1194327 0 14 Jan 2018 21:44 4.6M, 87.58km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 00:37 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 and Pasirputih.

Radius Population
100 km 24000 people
75 km no people
50 km no 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
Maluku Indonesia 2 million people
Sulawesi Tengah Indonesia 1.8 million people
Southern Mindanao Philippines 4.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pasirputih Palau Village - 54 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
Sangir SAE unknown 0 97 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Bitung IDBIT Indonesia 98 km

More information

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