Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 23 Feb 2018 10:42 UTC

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M 4.5 in Indonesia on 23 Feb 2018 10:42 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:	4.5M
Depth:	17.15 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.2052 , 130.739
Event Date:	23 Feb 2018 10:42 UTC 23 Feb 2018 19:42 Local
Exposed Population:	140000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000d6u9
Inserted at:	23 Feb 2018 11:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000d6u9	Scaled population (vector)	5.17
	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
1200278		0	23 Feb 2018 10:42	4.5M, 17.15km	N/A	140 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 Maluku (population 1,991,398) . The nearest places are Bolifar, Kilbawar, Waru, Bula, Kufar, Walang Tengah, Walang Tengh, Hote, Kilivo, Angar, and Urung.

Radius	Population
100 km	140000 people
75 km	95000 people
50 km	45000 people
20 km	3300 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
Bolifar	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	18 km
Kilbawar	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	19 km
Waru	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	23 km
Bula	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	29 km
Kufar	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	31 km
Walang Tengah	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	43 km
Walang Tengh	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	46 km
Hote	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Kilivo	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Angar	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Amanau	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Mesing	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Tum	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Kilmun	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Kisalaut	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	63 km
Kamar	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Bengoi	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Kampoeng Kwaos	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Batoemengail	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Gulegule	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Urung	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	70 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Bula	IDBUA	Indonesia	29 km
Geser		Indonesia	78 km

More information

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