Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 30 Sep 2017 23:15 UTC

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M 5.5 in Indonesia on 30 Sep 2017 23:15 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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	3.9405 , 128.5426
Event Date:	30 Sep 2017 23:15 UTC 01 Oct 2017 08:15 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000axas
Inserted at:	30 Sep 2017 23:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000axas	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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
1182490		0	30 Sep 2017 23:15	5.5M, 10km	3.02	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 43,613) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1182490	3.94/128.543	5.5	10	2.92	30 Sep 2017 23:36	00:21	(new episode)
	2	0	1182490	3.94/128.543	5.5	10	3.02	01 Oct 2017 01:18	02:03	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Maluku	Indonesia	44000 people
	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	43000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Itji Sopi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	151 km
Sopi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	151 km
Pangeo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	153 km
Hapo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	158 km
Kurago	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	158 km
Libano	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	163 km
Misio	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	169 km
Tjiu	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	172 km
Berebere	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	176 km
Tiapali	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	177 km
Aru	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	182 km
Wayabula	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	183 km
Tabang	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	185 km
Posiposi	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	186 km
Wajabula	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	187 km
Damau	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	190 km
Beo	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	196 km
Pilowo	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	206 km
Daruba	Maluku Utara	Indonesia	Village	-	211 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
	Pitu		15	Civ.	Paved	No	9500	211 km

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Talaud Island	Indonesia	173 km
Wayabula	Indonesia	188 km
Beo	Indonesia	197 km

More information

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