Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 17 Apr 2018 02:52 UTC

EQ parameters

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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.5308 , 131.2937
Event Date:	17 Apr 2018 02:52 UTC 17 Apr 2018 11:52 Local
Exposed Population:	About 68000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000e1b6
Inserted at:	17 Apr 2018 03:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000e1b6	Scaled population (vector)	-8
	C1 shakemap	-1.73
	C2 shakemap	0.79
	Country Vulnerability	0
	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
1207051		0	17 Apr 2018 02:52	5.5M, 10km	3.8	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:14	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 Walang Tengh, Walang Tengah, Kilivo, Kinale, Angar, Argam, Tinarin, Kampoeng Salanwo, Kufar, Amanau, and Nama.

Radius	Population
100 km	68000 people
75 km	35000 people
50 km	7700 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
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Walang Tengh	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Walang Tengah	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Kilivo	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Kinale	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	50 km
Angar	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Argam	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Tinarin	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Kampoeng Salanwo	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	54 km
Kufar	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Amanau	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	57 km
Wisalen	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Dai	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	60 km
Kampoeng Kwaos	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Arbau	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Arnanan	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Kwamor-kecil	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	66 km
Urung	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Nama	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Geser		Indonesia	59 km

More information

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