M 6.1 in Indonesia on 24 Mar 2019 04:37 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: 6.1M
Depth: 37.44 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.7088 , 126.4233
Event Date: 24 Mar 2019 04:37 UTC
24 Mar 2019 13:37 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000jkwi
Inserted at: 24 Mar 2019 04:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000jkwi Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1253431 0 24 Mar 2019 04:37 6.1M, 37.44km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1253431 1.709/126.423 6.1 37.4 None 24 Mar 2019 04:59 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1253431 1.709/126.423 6.1 37.4 None 24 Mar 2019 05:46 01:08 (upd of #1)
3 0 1253431 1.709/126.423 6.1 37.4 None 24 Mar 2019 06:40 02:02 (upd of #2)
4 0 1253431 1.709/126.423 6.1 37.4 None 25 Mar 2019 04:44 1d 00:07 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces


Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pasirputih Palau Village - 43 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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