Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 07 Aug 2020 03:00 UTC

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M 5.4 in Indonesia on 07 Aug 2020 03:00 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:	5.4M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.8174 , 126.268
Event Date:	07 Aug 2020 03:00 UTC 07 Aug 2020 12:00 Local
Exposed Population:	About 3000 people in MMI 120000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000baeu
Inserted at:	07 Aug 2020 03:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000baeu	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1325294		0	07 Aug 2020 03:00	5.4M, 10km	5.15	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	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 ,of Maluku (population 1,600) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	3700 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1325294	-3.817/126.268	5.4	10.0	4.908	07 Aug 2020 03:19	00:19	(new episode)
2	1325294	-3.817/126.268	5.4	10.0	4.908	07 Aug 2020 03:28	00:27	(upd of #1)
3	1325294	-3.817/126.268	5.4	10.0	5.149	07 Aug 2020 05:03	02:02	(upd of #2)
4	1325294	-3.817/126.268	5.4	10.0	5.149	08 Aug 2020 03:02	1d 00:01	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Maluku	Indonesia	1600 people
	Maluku	Indonesia	82000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tifu	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	19 km
Wafehat	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	51 km
Waergugat	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	52 km
Pelat Poon	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	53 km
Waleman	Maluku	Indonesia	Village	-	85 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Namrole	NRE	unknown				0	50 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Tifu	Indonesia	18 km
Leksula	Indonesia	28 km
Wamsasi	Indonesia	32 km

More information

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