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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*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 ,of Irian Jaya (population 638) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
12000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1290940 -2.854/139.334 6.0 33.6 5.372 18 Jan 2020 16:59 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1290940 -2.854/139.334 6.0 33.6 5.683 18 Jan 2020 18:40 02:02 (upd of #1)
3 0 1290940 -2.854/139.334 6.0 33.6 5.683 19 Jan 2020 16:41 1d 00:03 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Irian Jaya Indonesia <1000 people
Irian Jaya Indonesia 12000 people
Irian Jaya Indonesia 20000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Arsoo Papua Indonesia Village - 38 km
Ber Papua Indonesia Village - 42 km
Titiwaifuru Papua Indonesia Village - 48 km
Odjar Papua Indonesia Village - 50 km
Jasiarubin Papua Indonesia Village - 55 km
Gwarif Papua Indonesia Village - 57 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.