M 6 in Indonesia on 14 Nov 2019 21:12 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: 23 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.5673 , 126.4136
Event Date: 14 Nov 2019 21:12 UTC
15 Nov 2019 06:12 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60006bpw
Inserted at: 15 Nov 2019 21:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60006bpw Scaled population (raster) 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
1278738 0 14 Nov 2019 21:12 5.8M, 21.81km 4.68 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:01 NEIC
1278796 0 14 Nov 2019 21:12 6M, 26.15km 5.04 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 NEIC
1279392 0 14 Nov 2019 21:12 6M, 23km 5.17 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 ,of Maluku (population 3,195) . 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 1278738 1.563/126.461 5.8 21.8 4.755 14 Nov 2019 21:34 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1278738 1.563/126.461 5.8 21.8 4.679 14 Nov 2019 23:14 02:01 (upd of #1)
3 0 1278796 1.563/126.461 5.8 21.8 4.679 15 Nov 2019 01:44 04:31 (new episode)
4 0 1278796 1.543/126.467 6.0 26.1 5.035 15 Nov 2019 01:45 04:32 (upd of #3)
5 0 1279392 1.543/126.467 6.0 26.1 5.035 15 Nov 2019 21:16 1d 00:03 (new episode)
6 0 1279392 1.567/126.414 6.0 23.0 5.168 18 Nov 2019 06:18 3d 09:05 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Maluku Indonesia 3200 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pasirputih Palau Village - 27 km
Toguear Maluku Utara Indonesia Village - 130 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.