Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 18 Jan 2020 16:38 UTC

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M 6 in Indonesia on 18 Jan 2020 16:38 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:	6.0M
Depth:	33.56 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.8535 , 139.3343
Event Date:	18 Jan 2020 16:38 UTC 19 Jan 2020 01:38 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VI 150000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us60007a3h
Inserted at:	19 Jan 2020 16:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us60007a3h	Scaled population (raster)	0
	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
1290940		0	18 Jan 2020 16:38	6M, 33.56km	5.68	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:03	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 Irian Jaya (population 1,752,571) . The nearest places are Arsoo, Ber, Titiwaifuru, Odjar, Broemke, Jasiarubin, Goeai, Gwarif, Bebo, Abo, and Mawesdai.

Radius	Population
100 km	150000 people
75 km	82000 people
50 km	25000 people
20 km	3100 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Irian Jaya	Indonesia	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Arsoo	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	35 km
Ber	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	39 km
Titiwaifuru	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	47 km
Odjar	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	48 km
Broemke	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	49 km
Jasiarubin	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Goeai	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Gwarif	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	56 km
Bebo	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	58 km
Abo	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	61 km
Maremge	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	62 km
Itik	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	64 km
Raitim	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Sragafareh	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	65 km
Sawe	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	67 km
Bale	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Sengbo	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	68 km
Armopa	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	69 km
Mawesdai	Papua	Indonesia	Village	-	69 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
Lereh	LHI	unknown				0	68 km
Batom	BXM	unknown				0	68 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Ansudu		Indonesia	79 km

More information

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