M 4.6 in Indonesia on 16 May 2021 12:31 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: 159.35 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.4061 , 130.0971
Event Date: 16 May 2021 12:31 UTC
16 May 2021 21:31 Local
Exposed Population:
About 300 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000e3jp
Inserted at: 16 May 2021 12:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000e3jp Scaled population (vector) 2.98  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1375442 0 16 May 2021 12:31 4.6M, 159.35km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:17 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) .

Radius Population
100 km <1000 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Maluku Indonesia 2 million people
Timor-Leste Timor-Leste 860000 people
Irian Jaya Indonesia 1.8 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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